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

Section 83: Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

The Court shall presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of ¹[the Central Government or any State Government] were so made, and are accurate; but maps or plans made for the purposes of any cause must be proved to be accurate.

Footnotes in the official text

1.The original word “Government” has successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, the A.O. 1948, Act 40 of 1949 and the A.O. 1950 to read as above.

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

83. Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.

BSA 82

Questions on this section

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1. Under Section 82 of the BSA, the Court shall presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of the Central Government or any State Government were so made and are accurate. Maps or plans made for the purposes of any cause:

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