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Section 74 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
74. Public documents
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, 48[of any part of India or of the Commonwealth ] or of a foreign country;
(2) Public records kept 49[ in any State ] of private documents.
Related Sections
- Section 121: Judges and Magistrates
- Section 116: Estoppel of tenant; and of license of person in possession
- Section 163: Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice
- Section 24: Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise when irrelevant in criminal proceedings
- Section 122: Communications during marriage
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- Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Act, 2017
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- Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
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