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Section 80 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
80. Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence
Whenever any document i.e. 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 authorized 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 the document is genuine; that any statement as to the circumstances under which it was taken, purporting to be made by the person signing it, and that such evidence, statement or confession was duly taken.
Related Sections
- Section 26: Confession by accused while in custody of police not to be proved against him
- Section 145: Cross-examination as to previous Statements in writing
- Section 111: Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence
- Section 73A: Proofs as to verification of digital signature
- Section 4: "May presume"
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