Section 74: Public and private documents.

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023Central Act · Act 47 of 2023

(1) The following documents are public documents:--

(a) documents forming the acts, or records of the acts--

(i) of the sovereign authority;

(ii) of official bodies and tribunals; and

(iii) of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive of India or of a foreign country;

(b) public records kept in any State or Union territory of private documents.

(2) All other documents except the documents referred to in sub-section (1) are private.

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section	74
Marginal note	Public and private documents.
Jurisdiction	Central
Status	In force as published by the source
Judgments citing it	2

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