Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions
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Summary
Courts will presume genuine any book that appears to be printed or published by a country's government and that contains that country's laws, or any book purporting to report that country's court decisions. The presumption applies when such a book is produced as evidence. Opponents must prove forgery or unreliability to rebut it.
Example
Priya brings a government-printed volume of a foreign country's statutes to court to show what the law is. The court will treat the book as genuine unless an opponent produces evidence that it is forged or unreliable.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe Court shall presume the genuineness of every book purporting to be printed or published under the authority of the Government of any country, and to contain any of the laws of that country,
and of every book purporting to contain reports of decisions of the Courts of such country.
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