Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents
Chapter 5: Of documentary evidence
The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the Official Gazette, or to be a newspaper or journal, and of every document purporting to be a document directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such document is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.
Explanation.— For the purposes of this section and section 92, document is said to be in proper custody if it is in the place in which, and looked after by the person with whom such document is required to be kept; but no custody is improper if it is proved to have had a legitimate origin, or if the circumstances of the particular case are such as to render that origin probable.
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
- 79Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etcEvidence Act 80
- 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