Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc
Chapter 5: Of documentary evidence
Whenever any document is produced before any Court, purporting to be a record or memorandum of the evidence, or of any part of the evidence, given by a witness in a judicial proceeding or before any officer authorised by law to take such evidence or to be a statement or confession by any prisoner or accused person, taken in accordance with law, and purporting to be signed by any Judge or Magistrate, or by any such officer as aforesaid, the Court shall presume that—
(i) the document is genuine;
(ii) any statements as to the circumstances under which it was taken, purporting to be made by the person signing it, are true; and
(iii) such evidence, statement or confession was duly taken.
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 78Presumption as to genuineness of certified copiesEvidence Act 79
- 80Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documentsEvidence Act 79
- 81Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic or digital recordEvidence Act 81A
- 82Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of GovernmentEvidence Act 83
- 83Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisionsEvidence Act 84
- 84Presumption as to powers-of-attorney