Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES (AVIATION) ACT 1991 - SECT 43

  (1)   The Foreign Affairs Minister may give a written certificate stating:

  (a)   that a particular Convention entered into force for a particular country on a particular day; or

  (b)   that a particular country has not denounced a particular Convention; or

  (c)   that a particular country has denounced a particular Convention and the denunciation took effect on a particular day.

  (2)   Australia may be named in a certificate under subsection   ( 1).

  (3)   A certificate given under subsection   ( 1) is admissible in any proceedings as prima facie evidence of the matters stated in the certificate.

  (4)   In this section:

"Convention" means the Hague Convention, the Montreal Convention, the Tokyo Convention or the Protocol.