Section 83: Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions

Corresponding Evidence Act provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

Questions on this section

1 question in 4 of our papers cite Section 83. Try these from the free papers:

1. 1. Consider the following statements regarding presumptions under the BSA: 1. The Court shall presume the genuineness of every book purporting to be printed or published under the authority of the Government of any country and to contain any of the laws of that country. 2. The Court shall presume that a document purporting to be a certified copy of a judicial record of a country beyond India is genuine and accurate, if it is certified in the manner which a representative of the Central Government certifies to be the one commonly in use in that country. 3. The Court may presume that a published map or chart, whose statements are relevant facts and which is produced for its inspection, was written and published by the person, and at the time and place, by whom or at which it purports to have been written or published. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

   A.2 and 3 onlyB.1 and 2 onlyC.1 and 3 onlyD.1, 2 and 3
   Show answer