INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
83. Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.
82. Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
83. Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.––The Court shall
presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of 4[the Central Government or any
State Government] were so made, and are accurate; but maps or plans made for the purposes of any cause
must be proved to be accurate.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
82. Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.—The Court shall
presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of the Central Government or any
State Government were so made, and are accurate; but maps or plans made for the purposes of any cause
must be proved to be accurate.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023