Presumption as to telegraphic messages
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Summary
When a telegraph office forwards a message to the person it is addressed to, the court may presume the forwarded message is the same as the one delivered for sending at the sending office. That presumption applies only to the content of the message. The court cannot presume who delivered the original message for transmission.
Example
Priya hands a telegram at the Mumbai telegraph office to inform Rohan. When the Mumbai office forwards the message to Rohan's local office, a court may presume the forwarded telegram matches what Priya gave at Mumbai. The court cannot, however, presume who actually delivered Priya's telegram at the Mumbai office.
Bare Act
Enacted textThe Court may presume that a message, forwarded from a telegraph office to the person to whom such message purports to be addressed, corresponds with a message delivered for transmission at the office from which the message purports to be sent; but the Court shall not make any presumption as to the person by whom such message was delivered for transmission.
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