Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc
अध्याय 5: दस्तावेज़ी साक्ष्य
यह राजपत्र में छपा आधिकारिक अंग्रेज़ी पाठ है। आधिकारिक हिंदी पाठ जल्द जोड़ा जाएगा। धारा का शीर्षक भी अभी आधिकारिक अंग्रेज़ी में है।
Whenever any document is produced before any Court, purporting to be a record or memorandum of the evidence, or of any part of the evidence, given by a witness in a judicial proceeding or before any officer authorised by law to take such evidence or to be a statement or confession by any prisoner or accused person, taken in accordance with law, and purporting to be signed by any Judge or Magistrate, or by any such officer as aforesaid, the Court shall presume that—
(i) the document is genuine;
(ii) any statements as to the circumstances under which it was taken, purporting to be made by the person signing it, are true; and
(iii) such evidence, statement or confession was duly taken.
भारतीय साक्ष्य अधिनियम, 2023 (2023 का अधिनियम संख्यांक 47). जैसा 25 दिसंबर 2023 को राजपत्र में छपा। बाद के संशोधन, यदि कोई हों, शामिल नहीं।
जुड़ी हुई धाराएँ
- 78Presumption as to genuineness of certified copiesसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 79
- 80Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documentsसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 79
- 81Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic or digital recordसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 81A
- 82Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Governmentसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 83
- 83Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisionsसाक्ष्य अधिनियम 84
- 84Presumption as to powers-of-attorney