Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Section 82

IEA 82 in BSA: no corresponding section

Section 82 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was not carried into the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023: no BSA section corresponds to it. IEA 82 deals with presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature. The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the IEA.

Indian Evidence Act

IEA 82 has no counterpart in the BSA.

Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature · It was not carried into the 2023 code.

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Old · IEA 1872 · Ch. V
s. 82
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 for the time being in England or Ireland, would be admissible in proof of any particular in any Court of Justice in England or Ireland, without proof of the seal or stamp or signature authenticating it, or of the judicial or official character claimed by the person by whom it purports to be signed, the Court shall presume that such seal, stamp or signature is genuine, and that the person signing it held, at the time when he signed it, 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.
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IEA 81A · Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic formsIEA 83 · Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government

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