INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
87. Presumption as to books, maps and charts.
89. Presumption as to books, maps and charts.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
87. Presumption as to books, maps and charts. –– The Court may presume that any book to which
it may refer for information on matters of public or general interest, and that any published map or chart,
the statements of which are relevant facts, and which is produced for its inspection, was written and
published by the person, and at the time and place, by whom or at which it purports to have been written
or published.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
89. Presumption as to books, maps and charts.—The Court may presume that any book to which it
may refer for information on matters of public or general interest, and that any published map or chart,
the statements of which are relevant facts, and which is produced for its inspection, was written and
published by the person, and at the time and place, by whom or at which it purports to have been written
or published.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023