79. 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.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 71 Proof of document not required by law to be attested
Section 72 Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved
Section 73 Proof as to verification of digital signature
Section 74 Public and private documents
Section 75 Certified copies of public documents
Section 76 Proof of documents by production of certified copies
Section 77 Proof of other official documents
Section 78 Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies
Section 79 Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc
Section 80 Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents