INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
77. Proof of documents by production of certified copies.
76. Proof of documents by production of certified copies.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
77. Proof of documents by production of certified copies.––Such certified copies may be produced
in proof of the contents of the public documents or parts of the public documents of which they purport to
be copies.
1. Ins. by Act 5 of 1899, s. 3.
2. Ins. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 92 and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).
3. The original words “whether of British India, or of any other part of Her Majesty’s Dominios” have successively
been amended by the A.O. 1948 and the A.O. 1950 to read as above.
4. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “in any Province”.
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Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
76. Proof of documents by production of certified copies.—Such certified copies may be produced
in proof of the contents of the public documents or parts of the public documents of which they purport to
be copies.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023