Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

STATUTORY DECLARATIONS ACT 1959 - SECT 9

    A statutory declaration satisfies the requirements of this section if:

  (a)   the declaration is in the approved form; and

  (b)   the declaration is signed by the declarant under the observation of a prescribed person in either of the following cases:

  (i)   in person;

  (ii)   by video link; and

  (c)   either:

  (i)   in any case--the declaration is signed by the prescribed person; or

  (ii)   in the case where the prescribed person observes the declarant sign the declaration by video link and is satisfied that a copy of the declaration is a true copy of the declaration signed by the declarant (whether or not the copy includes the declarant's signature)--that copy is signed by the prescribed person.

Note:   See section   7A for how a person may sign a statutory declaration.