LawgistThe Indian Evidence Act
81Presumption 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 1[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 2[of the United Kingdom] printed by the Queen's 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.
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1. Subs by the A.O. 1937, for "the Gazette of India, or the Government Gazette of any L.G., or".
2. Ins. by the A.O. 1950.
PRESUMPTIONS AS TO DOCUMENTS
- 79 Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies
- 80 Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence
- 81 Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents
- 81A Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic forms
- 82 Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature
- 83 Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government
- 84 Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions
- 85 Presumptions as to powers-of-attorney
- 85A Presumption as to electronic agreements
- 85B Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures
- 85C Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates
- 86 Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
- 87 Presumption as to books, maps and charts
- 88 Presumption as to telegraphic messages
- 88A Presumption as to electronic messages
- 89 Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced
- 90 Presumption as to documents thirty years old
- 90A Presumption as to electronic records five years old
