Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 89
Presumption as to books, maps and charts
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BSA Section 89 deals with presumption as to books, maps and charts and replaces Evidence Act 87.
Bare act text — BSA 89
89. Presumption as to books, maps and charts.
The Court may presume that any book to which it may refer for information on matters of public or general interest, and that any published map or chart, the statements of which are relevant facts, and which is produced for its inspection, was written and published by the person, and at the time and place, by whom or at which it purports to have been written or published.
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What was BSA Section 89 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 89 (Presumption as to books, maps and charts) replaces Section 87 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 87 is now BSA 89.
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