IEA Section 87 — Presumption as to books, maps and charts

Summary

A court may assume that a book, map, or chart is genuine if the court uses it to learn about matters of public or general interest. This means the court can accept that the item was written and published by the person, and at the time and place, that it claims to have been written or published.

Official Text

The 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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• BSA §89 — Presumption as to books, maps and charts