The following documents are public documents: -
(1) 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, 1[of any part of India or of the Commonwealth], or of a foreign country;
(2) Public records kept 2[in any State] of private documents.
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1. The original words "whether of British India, or of any other part of Her Majesty's Dominios" have successively been amended by the A.O. 1948 and the A.O. 1950 to read as above.
2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "in any Province"
Section 71 Proof when attesting witness denies the execution
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Section 73 Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved
Section 73A Proof as to verification of digital signature
Section 76 Certified copies of public documents
Section 77 Proof of documents by production of certified copies
Section 78 Proof of other official documents
Section 79 Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies
Section 80 Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence