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

Section 89: Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.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 every document, called for and not produced after notice to produce, was attested, stamped and executed in the manner required by law.

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

89. Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced.BSA 91

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  1. 1. Under Section 91 of the BSA, where a document has been called for and not produced after notice to produce, the Court shall presume that the document:

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