Section 81 Indian Evidence Act, Section 81 Evidence Act
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81. Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents. –– The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the London Gazette or 1[any Official Gazette, or the Government Gazette] of any colony, dependency or possession of the British Crown, or to be a newspaper or journal, or to be a copy of a private Act of Parliament 2[of the United Kingdom] printed by the Queen’s Printer, and of every document purporting to be a document directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such document is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.
1. Subs by the A.O. 1937, for “the Gazette of India, or the Government Gazette of any L.G., or”.
2. Ins. by the A.O. 1950.
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