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Section 4 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
4. "May presume"
Whenever it is provided by this Act that Court may presume a fact, it may either regard such fact as proved, unless and until it is disproved, or may call for proof of it:
"Shall presume" – Whenever it s directed by this Act that the Court shall presume a fact, it shall regard such fact as proved, unless and until it disproved;
"Conclusive proof" – When one fact is declared by this Act to be conclusive proof of another, the Court shall, on proof of the one fact, regard the other as proved, and shall not allow evidence to be given for the purpose of disproving it.
Related Sections
- Section 89: Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced
- Section 108: Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years
- Section 86: Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
- Section 105: Burden of proving that case of accused comes within exceptions.
- Section 14: Facts showing existence of state of mind, or of body or bodily feeling
Related Acts
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