IEA Section 74 — Public documents

Summary

This section lists two types of documents that are considered public documents. First, any document that is an official act or a record of an official act by a sovereign authority, an official body or tribunal, or a public officer—whether legislative, judicial, or executive—in any part of India, the Commonwealth, or a foreign country. Second, public records kept in any Indian State that contain private documents are also treated as public documents.

Official Text

The following documents are public documents—

Documents forming the acts, or records of the acts—

of the sovereign authority,
of official bodies and tribunals, and
of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive, of any part of India or of the Commonwealth, or of a foreign country;

Public records kept in any State of private documents.

Referred to by

• IEA §65 — Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given

Related Judgments

• Suri; Ms.Mahima; Aggarwal; Ms.Wamika; Chadha; Ms.Nidhi Kapoor, Advs. vs WHIZLABS, SOFTWARE, PRIVATE, LIMITED, AND, OTHERS — Delhi High Court (2023)
• SAURAV DAS vs UNION OF INDIA & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2023)
• Union of India vs Central Information Commission & Anr., …, Advocates who appeared in th — Delhi High Court (2012)

Old <-> New Code Mapping

• BSA §74 — Public and private documents