Chapter 5 - OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE (Section 56 to 93), Bharatiya Sakshy...

 

Chapter V - OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023

Section 56 - Proof of contents of documents

Section 57 - Primary evidence

Section 58 - Secondary evidence

Section 59 - Proof of documents by primary evidence

Section 60 - Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given

Section 61 - Electronic or digital record

Section 62 - Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record

Section 63 - Admissibility of electronic records

Section 64 - Rules as to notice to produce

Section 65 - Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced

Section 66 - Proof as to electronic signature

Section 67 - Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested

Section 68 - Proof where no attesting witness found

Section 69 - Admission of execution by party to attested document

Section 70 - Proof when attesting witness denies execution

Section 71 - Proof of document not required by law to be attested

Section 72 - Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved

Section 73 - Proof as to verification of digital signature

Section 74 to 77 - Public documents

Section 74 - Public and private documents

Section 75 - Certified copies of public documents

Section 76 - Proof of documents by production of certified copies

Section 77 - Proof of other official documents

Section 78 to 93 - Presumptions as to documents

Section 78 - Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies

Section 79 - Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc

Section 80 - Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents

Section 81 - Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic or digital record

Section 82 - Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government

Section 83 - Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions

Section 84 - Presumption as to powers-of-attorney

Section 85 - Presumption as to electronic agreements

Section 86 - Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures

Section 87 - Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates

Section 88 - Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records

Section 89 - Presumption as to books, maps and charts

Section 90 - Presumption as to electronic messages

Section 91 - Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced

Section 92 - Presumption as to documents thirty years old

Section 93 - Presumption as to electronic records five years old

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