The Standing Committee of Attorneys-General has announced a uniform approach to statutory declarations. The move will attempt to redress the fragmentation of the current system, which has different ...

One of the last vestiges of centuries of paper and ink has finally fallen, after federal attorney-general Mark Dreyfus wrote into law the permanent ability to use digital execution, electronic ...

Digital statutory declarations were adopted in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The changes, now made permanent, impact a range of visa applicants including worker, student and partner visas. The ...

TWO sitting councillors and a former councillor have found themselves in trouble with the law over their failure to file their statutory declarations with the Integrity Commission (IC), and/or their ...

AJ Park explores a recent case which emphasises the importance of submitting reliable evidence in invalidation proceedings, even where proceedings are undefended In Leiying Zhu v Shanghai Yunzheng ...

THE Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) takes exception to the call by the Speaker of Dewan Rakyat, Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun, for party leaders to submit statutory declarations (SDs) ...