The INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872 Last updated:-13-3-2020

ON PROOF

Section 86: Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records.

The Court may presume that any document purporting to be a certified copy of any judicial record of [Omitted any country not forming part of India or] of Her Majesty’s Dominions is genuine and accurate, if the document purports to be certified in any manner which is certified by any representative of [Omitted] the Central Government in or for such country to be the manner commonly in use in that country for the certification of copies of judicial records. An officer who, with respect to [Omitted any territory or place not forming part of India or Her Majesty’s Dominions, is a Political Agent there for, as defined in section 3, clause (43), of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be a representative of the Central Government in and for the country comprising that territory or place].