Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 75
Certified copies of public documents
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BSA Section 75 deals with certified copies of public documents and replaces Evidence Act 76.
Bare act text — BSA 75
75. Certified copies of public documents.
Every public officer having the custody of a public document, which any person has a right to inspect, shall give that person on demand a copy of it on payment of the legal fees therefor, together with a certificate written at the foot of such copy that it is a true copy of such document or part thereof, as the case may be, and such certificate shall be dated and subscribed by such officer with his name and his official title, and shall be sealed, whenever such officer is authorised by law to make use of a seal; and such copies so certified shall be called certified copies Explanation.--Any officer who, by the ordinary course of official duty, is authorised to deliver such copies, shall be deemed to have the custody of such documents within the meaning of this section.
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What was BSA Section 75 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 75 (Certified copies of public documents) replaces Section 76 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 76 is now BSA 75.
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