CHAPTER V.––OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE · PRESUMPTIONS AS TO DOCUMENTS
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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 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,
and of every book purporting to contain reports of decisions of the Courts of such country.
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
| 84. Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions. | BSA 83 |
1 question in 4 of our papers cite Section 84. Try these from the free papers:
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?