New Zealand Legislation: Acts

29 Seal of Office

• (1) There shall be a seal of the Office, whose affixing to any document shall be authenticated by the signature of the Commissioner.

  (2) Every court and person acting judicially shall take judicial notice of—

  • (a) the seal of the Office; and

  • (b) the appointment and signature of the Commissioner and every Assistant Commissioner.

  (3) For the purposes of subsection (2),—

  court includes the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court, and any District Court

  District Court includes—

  • (a) a Family Court; and

  • (b) a Youth Court

  person acting judicially means any person having in New Zealand by law authority to hear, receive, and examine evidence.

  Compare: 1973 No 37 s 6

  Section 29(3): substituted, on 1 August 2007, by section 216 of the Evidence Act 2006 (2006 No 69).