Indian Evidence Act, 1872
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V — OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE · Section 86

Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

The Court may presume that any document purporting to be a certified copy of any judicial record of 7[8* * * 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 9* * * the 3[Central Government] 1[in or for] 1[such country] to be the manner commonly in use in 1[that country] for the certification of copies of judicial records. [An officer who, with respect to 14*** any territory or place not forming part of 1[India or] Her Majesty’s Dominions, is a Political Agent there for, as defined in section 3, 1[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].

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