- The following documents are public documents:(1)documents forming the acts or records of the acts-(i)of the sovereign authority.(ii)of official bodies and tribunals, and(iii)of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive, whether of the State or [any part of India or of the Commonwealth] [Substitute by A.L.O. 2008 for certain words.] or of a foreign country;(2)public records kept in the State of private documents.
