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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 42: Relevancy and effect of judgments, orders or decrees, other than those mentioned in section 41
- Section 131: Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce
- Section 1: Short title, extent and commencement
- Section 65: Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given
- Section 150: Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds
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