CHAPTER V.––OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE · PRESUMPTIONS AS TO DOCUMENTS

Section 81A: Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic forms

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

¹[The Court shall presume the genuineness of every electronic record purporting to be the Official Gazette, or purporting to be electronic record directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such electronic record is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.]

Footnotes in the official text

1.Ins. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 92, and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).

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

81A. Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic forms. Explanation of S. 90A

BSA 81

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