Section 1389 — Corporations Act 2001: Evidentiary certificates

(1) A certificate by ASIC (whether issued before or after the commencement) stating that a company was registered under the old Corporations Law of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction is conclusive evidence that: (a) all requirements of that Law for the company’s registration were complied with; and (b) the company was duly registered as a company under that Law on the date (if any) specified in the certificate. (2) A certificate issued before the commencement under pre-Corporations Law legislation (see subsection (3)) by the authority responsible for administering that legislation stating that a body was registered as a company under that legislation or other pre-Corporations Law legislation is conclusive evidence that: (a) all requirements of that legislation for the company’s registration were complied with; and (b) the company was duly registered as a company under that legislation on the date (if any) specified in the certificate. (3) In subsection (2): pre-Corporations Law legislation means legislation that was, for the purposes of the old Corporations Law of a State or Territory in this jurisdiction, a corresponding previous law in relation to that old Corporations Law.