Public and private documents
74. Public and private documents.
(1) The following documents are public documents:-
(a) documents forming the acts, or records of the acts-
(i) of the sovereign authority;
(ii) of official bodies and tribunals; and
(iii) of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive of India or of a foreign country;
(b) public records kept in any State or Union territory of private documents.
(2) All other documents except the documents referred to in sub-section (1) are private.
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Public documents
74. Public documents
The following documents are public documents :-
(1) documents forming the acts, or records of the acts –
(i) of the sovereign authority,
(ii) of official bodies and tribunals, and
(iii) of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive, 48[of any part of India or of the Commonwealth ] or of a foreign country;
(2) Public records kept 49[ in any State ] of private documents.