INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
85. Presumptions as to powers-of-attorney.
84. Presumption as to powers-of-attorney.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
85. Presumption as to powers-of-attorney. –– The Court shall presume that every document
purporting to be a power-of-attorney, and to have been executed before, and authenticated by, a Notary
Public, or any Court, Judge, Magistrate, 1[Indian] Consul or Vice-Consul, or representative 2*** of the
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[Central Government], was so executed and authenticated.
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Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
84. Presumption as to powers-of-attorney.—The Court shall presume that every document
purporting to be a power-of-attorney, and to have been executed before, and authenticated by, a Notary
Public, or any Court, Judge, Magistrate, Indian Consul or Vice-Consul, or representative of the Central
Government, was so executed and authenticated.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023