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Section 79: Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872Central Act · Act 1 of 1872

Repealed. This text is published for reference. It is not in force, and it should not be relied on as current law without checking what replaced it. Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, with effect from 1 July 2024

The Court shall presume 1[to be genuine] every document purporting to be a certificate, certified copy or other document, which is by Law declared to be admissible as evidence of any particular fact and which purports to be duly certified by any officer 2[of the Central Government or of a State Government, or by any officer3[in the State of Jammu and Kashmir ]who is duly authorized thereto by the Central Government]:

Provided that such document is substantially in the form and purports to be executed in the manner directed by law in that behalf.

The Court shall also presume that any officer by whom any such document purports to be signed or certified, held, when he signed it, the official character which he claims in such paper.

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ActThe Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Section79
Marginal notePresumption as to genuineness of certified copies
JurisdictionCentral
StatusRepealed
Judgments citing it7

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