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Section 81 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
81. Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents
The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the London Gazette or 60[any Official Gazette, or the Government Gazette ] of any colony, dependency or possession of the British Crown, or to be a newspaper or journal, or to be a copy of a private Act of Parliament 24[of the United Kingdom] printed by the Queens Printer 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.
Related Sections
- Section 92: Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement
- Section 131: Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce
- Section 57: Facts of which Court must take judicial notice
- Section 72: Proof of document not required by law to be attested
- Section 134: Number of witnesses
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