LawgistThe Indian Evidence Act
85Presumptions as to powers-of-attorney
The Court shall presume that every document purporting to be a power-of-attorney, and to have been executed before, and authenticated by, a Notary Public, or any Court, Judge, Magistrate, 1[Indian ]Consul or Vice-Consul, or representative 2 *** of the 3[Central Government], was so executed and authenticated.
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1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "British".
2. The Words "of Her Majesty, or" Rep. by ibid.
3. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "Government of India".
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
