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Section 74 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
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.
Related Sections
- Section 149: Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds
- Section 43: Judgment, etc., other than those mentioned in sections 40 to 42, when relevant
- Section 135: Order of production and examination of witnesses
- Section 24: Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise when irrelevant in criminal proceedings
- Section 23: Admission in civil cases relevant
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