81. The Court shall presume the genuineness of every electronic or digital record purporting to be the Official Gazette, or purporting to be electronic or digital record directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such electronic or digital record is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this section and section 93 electronic records are said to be in proper custody if they are 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 the circumstances of the particular case are such as to render that origin probable.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 81 Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic or digital record
Section 82 Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government
Section 83 Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions
Section 84 Presumption as to powers of attorney
Section 85 Presumption as to electronic agreements
Section 86 Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures
Section 87 Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates
Section 88 Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records