The Court may presume that any book to which it may refer for information on matters of public or general interest, and that any published map or chart, the statements of which 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.
PART III ON PROOF · CHAPTER V OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE · Presumptions as to documents
Section 89: Presumption as to books, maps and charts
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
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 9 of our papers cite Section 89. Try these from the free papers:
1. Which of the following presumptions contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 has NO corresponding provision in the BSA?