Section 81 Indian Evidence Act 1872
Section 81 of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 is about ‘Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents’. It is under ‘PRESUMPTIONS AS TO DOCUMENTS‘ of Chapter V of the Act. Chapter V is titled ‘OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE‘.
Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents
The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the London Gazette or [any Official Gazette, or the Government Gazette] of any colony, dependency or possession of the British Crown, or to be a newspaper or journal, or to be a copy of a private Act of Parliament [of the United Kingdom] printed by the Queen’s Printer and of every document purporting to be a document directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such document is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.
See also:
Section 80 Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence)