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[Cites 0, Cited by 37] [Section 78] [Entire Act]

Union of India - Subsection

Section 78(6) in The Indian Evidence Act, 1872

(6)Public documents of any other class in a foreign country, - by the original, or by a copy certified by the legal keeper thereof, with a certificate under seal of a Notary Public, or of [an Indian Consul] [Substituted by A.O. 1950, for "a British Consul".] or diplomatic agent, that the copy is duly certified by the officer having the legal custody of the original, and upon proof of the character of the document according to the law of the foreign country.
West Bengal.(Amended by Act 20 of 1960, Section 3, w.e.f. 5.1.1961) After Section 78 insert the following new section:78-A.Copies of public documents to be as good as original documents in certain cases. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, where any public documents concerning any areas within West Bengal have been kept in Pakistan, then copies of such public documents, shall, on being authenticated in such manner as may be prescribed from time to time by the State Government by notification in the official Gazette, be deemed to have taken the place of, and to be, the original documents from which such copies were made and all references to the original documents shall be construed as including references to such copies."
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