Section 86 Indian Evidence Act, Section 86 Evidence Act
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86. Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records. The Court may presume that any document purporting to be a certified copy of any judicial record of any country not forming part of India or of Her Majesty’s Dominions is genuine and accurate, if the document purports to be certified in any manner which is certified by any representative of the Central Government in or for such country to be the manner commonly in use in that country for the certification of copies of judicial records.
An officer who, with respect to any territory or place not forming part of India or Her Majesty’s Dominions, is a Political Agent there for, as defined in section 3, clause (43), of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be a representative of the 1[Central Government] 2[in and for the country] comprising that territory or place].
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “G. of I.”
2. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for “in and for that Part B State or country”.
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