Presumption as to books, maps and charts
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Summary
When the court refers to a book for information on matters of public or general interest, or inspects a published map or chart produced as a relevant fact, it may presume the work was written and published by the person and at the time and place it purports. This lets the court accept the claimed authorship and date unless other evidence shows otherwise. It eases proof for ordinary published materials.
Example
Priya brings an official municipal map to court in a boundary dispute and the map is produced for inspection as a relevant fact. When the court inspects that published map, it may presume the map was published by the municipal authority at the date shown, so Priya need not separately prove its authorship unless someone produces contrary evidence.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe Court may presume that any book to which it may refer for information on matters of public or general interest, and that any published map or chart, the statements of which are relevant facts and which is produced for its inspection, was written and published by the person and at the time and place, by whom or at which it purports to have been written or published.
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