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 2[3* * * 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 4* * * the 1[Central Government]5[in or for] 6[such country] to be the manner commonly in use in 7[that country ]for the certification of copies of judicial records.
8[An officer who, with respect to 9*** any territory or place not forming part of 10[India or] Her Majesty's Dominions, is a Political Agent there for, as defined in section 3, 11[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 12[Central Government ]13[ in and for the country ]comprising that territory or place.]
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for Government of India. 2. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for "any country not forming part". 3. The words "a Part B State or of" omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule. 4. The words "Her Majesty or of" omitted by A.O. 1950. 5. Subs. by Act 3 of 1891, s. 8, for "resident in". 6. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for "such Part B State or Country". 7. Subs. by s. 3 and the Schedule ibid., for "that State or Country". 8. Subs. by Act 5 of 1899, s. 4, for the para added by Act 3 of 1891, s. 3. 9. The words "a Part B State or" ins. by the A.O. 1950, omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule. 10. Ins. by the A.O. 1950. 11. Subs. ibid., for "clause (40)". 12. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for "G. of I." 13. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule., for "in and for that Part B State or country".
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