Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 80
Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents
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BSA Section 80 deals with presumption as to gazettes, newspapers, and other documents and replaces Evidence Act 81.
Bare act text — BSA 80
80. Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents.
The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the Official Gazette, or to be a newspaper or journal, 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. Explanation.--For the purposes of this section and section 92, document is said to be in proper custody if it is in the place in which, and looked after by the person with whom such document is required to be kept; but no custody is improper if it is proved to have had a legitimate origin, or if the circumstances of the particular case are such as to render that origin probable.
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 81 → BSA 80: " 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" are replaced by "the Official Gazette".
- Evidence Act 81 → BSA 80: A new explanation is added regarding proper custody.
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 80 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 80 (Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents) replaces Section 81 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 81 is now BSA 80.
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Nearby BSA sections
- 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 79 — Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc
- 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
- BSA 85 — Presumption as to electronic agreements