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Section 56 — Crimes Act 1914: Evidence of certain matters
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(1) A certificate by the Foreign Affairs Minister, or by an eligible person authorised by that Minister to make such a certificate, stating that: (a) specified waters were, at a specified time: (i) part of the high seas; or (ii) within the coastal sea of Australia; or (b) a specified place was, at a specified time, a place beyond the jurisdiction of any country; is, for the purposes of any proceedings for an offence against this Part, evidence of the facts stated in the certificate. (2) In this section: eligible person means an SES employee in the Foreign Affairs Department.
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