Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 79
Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc
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BSA Section 79 deals with presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc and replaces Evidence Act 80.
Bare act text — BSA 79
79. Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc.
Whenever any document is produced before any Court, purporting to be a record or memorandum of the evidence, or of any part of the evidence, given by a witness in a judicial proceeding or before any officer authorised by law to take such evidence or to be a statement or confession by any prisoner or accused person, taken in accordance with law, and purporting to be signed by any Judge or Magistrate, or by any such officer as aforesaid, the Court shall presume that-- (i) the document is genuine; (ii) any statements as to the circumstances under which it was taken, purporting to be made by the person signing it, are true; and (iii) such evidence, statement or confession was duly taken.
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 80 → BSA 79: The word "that" is excluded and paragraph are numbered as clauses (i), (ii) and (iii).
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 79 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 79 (Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc) replaces Section 80 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 80 is now BSA 79.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 74 — Public and private documents
- BSA 75 — Certified copies of public documents
- BSA 76 — Proof of documents by production of certified copies
- BSA 77 — Proof of other official documents
- BSA 78 — Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies
- BSA 80 — Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents
- BSA 81 — Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic or digital record
- BSA 82 — Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government
- BSA 83 — Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions
- BSA 84 — Presumption as to powers-of-attorney