The Court may presume that an electronic message, forwarded by the originator through an electronic mail server to the addressee to whom the message purports to be addressed corresponds with the message as fed into his computer for transmission; but the Court shall not make any presumption as to the person by whom such message was sent.
Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, the expressions "addressee" and "originator" shall have the same meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (b) and (za) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).]
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1. Ins. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 92 and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
Section 81 Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents
Section 81A Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic forms
Section 82 Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature
Section 83 Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government
Section 84 Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions
Section 85 Presumptions as to powers-of-attorney
Section 85A Presumption as to electronic agreements
Section 85B Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures
Section 85C Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates
Section 86 Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
Section 87 Presumption as to books, maps and charts
Section 88 Presumption as to telegraphic messages
Section 88A Presumption as to electronic messages
Section 89 Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced