CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 638 Evidence of authority

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 638

638 Evidence of authority

The averment in an indictment that the prosecution is instituted by the direction of or with the consent of a Crown Law Officer, or with the consent of the Attorney-General, or with the consent of the director of public prosecutions, or at the request of the Government of any State, is sufficient evidence of the fact, until the contrary is shown.