Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 84
Presumption as to powers-of-attorney
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BSA Section 84 deals with presumption as to powers-of-attorney and replaces Evidence Act 85.
Bare act text — BSA 84
84. Presumption as to powers-of-attorney.
The Court shall presume that every document purporting to be a power-of-attorney, and to have been executed before, and authenticated by, a Notary Public, or any Court, Judge, Magistrate, Indian Consul or Vice-Consul, or representative of the Central Government, was so executed and authenticated.
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What was BSA Section 84 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 84 (Presumption as to powers-of-attorney) replaces Section 85 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 85 is now BSA 84.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 79 — Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc
- 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 85 — Presumption as to electronic agreements
- BSA 86 — Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures
- BSA 87 — Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates
- BSA 88 — Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
- BSA 89 — Presumption as to books, maps and charts