Relevancy of statements as to any law contained in law-books
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Summary
When a court must decide what the law of any country is, statements of that law in books that claim to be printed or published under that country’s government are relevant. Reports of foreign court rulings in books that claim to be reports of those rulings are also relevant. The court can therefore use those books as evidence of the foreign law.
Example
Priya needs to show what German contract law says for her case in an Indian court. She submits a book that claims to be published by the German government and a volume of reported German court rulings. The court may treat those books as relevant evidence of German law.
Bare Act
Enacted textWhen the Court has to form an opinion as to a law of any country, any statement of such law contained in a book purporting to be printed or published under the authority of the Government of such country and to contain any such law, and any report of a ruling of the Courts of such country contained in a book purporting to be a report of such rulings, is relevant.
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