Karthick migrated to Australia around 15 years back and working as a IT Architect. Karthick is a community minder person and have been volunteering as a Firefighter with Country Fire Authority and also a part of local organizations like Mental Health Foundation Australia (MHFA), etc for the past few years. He is part of the Honorary Justice Services Support Victoria as a Justice of Peace (JP) to serve the community and providing JP services from Point Cook and Werribee Police Station.
Justice of Peace for Victoria
A justice of the peace in Australia is typically someone of good stature in the community who is authorised to witness and sign statutory declarations and affidavits and to certify copies of original documents.
Justices of the Peace (JPs) are volunteers appointed by the Governor of Victoria. The primary role of a JP is to witness a person making a statutory declaration or affidavit, and to certify copies of original documents. JPs come from all sections of the community and are available across VIC.
The role of the Justice of the Peace (JP) is to act as an independent and objective witness to documents people use for official or legal purposes. JPs can serve different roles in different jurisdictions.
Generally JPs
- witness oaths or affidavits
- take statutory declarations and affirmations
- witness signatures
- attest the execution of a document
- certify a true copy of an original document