pgoits to be eee
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Provided! that seh docament is sl
liocted by faw in that beat
ny eto ys AOE PNA Bene
trict he ela in such paper,
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he afficia taste
enn peta a con AF MATE WHOSE My egy y
sea eve or ewan oF He eI oy pa of
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any pivoner oF accuse person, then in aecnedayen
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sgn i, th
certified, hell ashen
0, Presumption
prvatced efine any Con, pening
ihe evidence, piven hy a witness im a
eat or cncsian by
rel hy any Fudge FM
cure evidence oF 1 Ie a st
with fav, an ponporting to be i
Cort shal presume
ements as 10 the cicumitances under whic i
ate tne
thatthe doctament is genuine, thal any sal
person signing it
taken, purporting to he made hy the
ns
that sich evidence, sateent er
camfession was ly taken
SL. Presumption as (o Ga svgpapers, private Acts of Parliament and other
documents, — The Court shall p anyineness of every document purporting to be the Lenem
Garate or any Oficial Gate, othe Government Cazcte of any colony, dependency or poscesion
ty the Bath Crow, orto be a nevspaper or journal, o to be a copy of private Act of Patament or
the United Kingdom) printed hy the Queen's Primer, and of every document prpig tobe a document
Ginsted by any law tobe kept by any person, i such document is kept substan inthe form eequied
ty law and is produced from proper custody.
"81, Presumption as to Gazettes in letronie forms.—The Cour shall presume the geninenes
ef every electronic record purporting to be the Oficial Gazete, or purporting tobe elecwoni record
dlrgted by any law to be kept by any person, if such electronic record is kept substantially inthe form
required by law and is produced from proper custody.]
§2. Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature. —
When any document is produced before any Court, purporting to be a document which, by the law in
force forthe time being in England or ireland, would be admissible in proof of any panculr in any Coun
of Justice in England or Ireland, without proof ofthe sel or stamp or signature authenticating it, or ofthe
judicial or oficial character claimed by the person by whom it purports to be signed, the Court shall
presume that such sal, stamp or signature is genuine, and that he person signing it held a the time when
he signed i, the judicial or official character which he claims,
‘and the document shall be admissible for the same purpose for which it would be admissible in
England or Ireland.
'83, Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.—The Cour shal
presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of “(the Central Government or any
State Government] were so made, and are accurate; bul maps or plans made forthe purposes of any cause
must be proved tobe accurate.
4, Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions. — The Cour shall presume the
genuineness of every book purporting tobe printed o published under the authority of the Government of
‘any country, and to contain any ofthe laws ofthat country,
‘and of every book purporting to contain reports of decisions of the Cours of such county.
1, Subs by the A.O, 1937, for “the Gazette of Inia or the Government Gazette of any L.G., 01"
2 Ins. by the AO. 1950.
3. Ins. by Act 21 of 2000, s 92, andthe Second Schedule (w.c., 17-10-2000.
4. The original word “Government” has successively been amended by the A.O. 1937, the A.O. 1948, At 40 of
1949 andthe A. 1950 to read as above.
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