Section 86. Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
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Act
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Section number
86
Section reader
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
86. Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
The Courts may presume that any document purporting to be a certified copy of any judicial record of 65[66[***] any country and not forming part of India or] of Her Majestys dominions is genuine and accurate, if the document purports to be certified in any manner which is certified by any representative of 67[***] the 64[Central Government ] 68[in or for] 69[such country] to be the manner commonly in use in 70[that country] for the certification of copies of judicial records.
71 [An Officer who, with respect to 72[***] any territory or place not forming part of 24[India or Her Majestys dominions, is a Political Agent therefor, as defined in section 3, 73[clause (43), of the General Clause Act, 1897, shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be a representative of the 64[Central Government] 74[ in and for the country] comprising that territory of place
