BSA · Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 74 — Public and private documents.
Replaces Evidence Act Section 74, Evidence Act Section 75.
(1) The following documents are public documents:-- (a) documents forming the acts, or records of the acts-- (i) of the sovereign authority; (ii) of official bodies and tribunals; and (iii) of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive of India or of a foreign country; (b) public records kept in any State or Union territory of private documents. (2) All other documents except the documents referred to in sub-section (1) are private.
Nearby sections
- 71 Proof of document not required by law to be attested.
- 72 Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved.
- 73 Proof as to verification of digital signature.
- 75 Certified copies of public documents.
- 76 Proof of documents by production of certified copies.
- 77 Proof of other official documents.
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