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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1. Ins. by the A.O. 1948.
2. The original words beginning form "in British India and ending with the words
to be genuine" have been successively amended by the A.O. 1937, the A.O. 1948
and the A.O. 1950 to read as above.
3. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "in a Part B State".
Section 71 Proof when attesting witness denies the execution
Section 72 Proof of document not required by law to be attested
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