74. Public documents.

31 judgments cite this provision SC

– The following documents are public documents: ––

(1) documents forming the acts or records of the acts ––

(i) of the sovereign authority,

(ii) of official bodies and tribunals, and

(iii) of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive, [of any part of India or of the Commonwealth], or of a foreign country;

(2) public records kept [in any State] of private documents.