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CHAPTER II.––OF THE RELEVANCY OF FACTS · STATEMENTS MADE UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES

Section 36: Relevancy of statements in maps, charts and plans

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

Statements of facts in issue or relevant facts, made in published maps or charts generally offered for public sale, or in maps or plans made under the authority of 1[the Central Government or any State Government], as to matters usually represented or stated in such maps, charts or plans, are themselves relevant facts.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by the A.O. 1948, for “any Government in British India”.

Now in the BSA

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

36. Relevancy of statements in maps, charts and plans.BSA 30

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