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Evidence Act Section 76 in BSA: Section 75

Certified copies of public documents

Section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Certified copies of public documents) corresponds to Section 75 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

Text of BSA Section 75

75. Every public officer having the custody of a public document, which any person has a right to inspect, shall give that person on demand a copy of it on payment of the legal fees therefor, together with a certificate written at the foot of such copy that it is a true copy of such document or part thereof, as the case may be, and such certificate shall be dated and subscribed by such officer with his name and his official title, and shall be sealed, whenever such officer is authorised by law to make use of a seal; and such copies so certified shall be called certified copies.

Admission of execution by party to attested document.

Proof when attesting witness denies execution.

Proof of

document not required by law to be attested.

Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved.

Proof as to verification of digital signature.

Public and private documents.

Certified copies of public documents.

Proof of documents by production of certified copies.

Proof of other official documents.

Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies.

Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc.

Explanation.—Any officer who, by the ordinary course of official duty, is authorised to deliver such copies, shall be deemed to have the custody of such documents within the meaning of this section.

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