Section 81:
Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents.
The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the London
Gazette or 1[any Official Gazette, or the Government Gazette] of any colony, dependency or possession
of the British Crown, or to be a newspaper or journal, or to be a copy of a private Act of Parliament 2[of
the United Kingdom] printed by the Queen's Printer and of every document purporting to be a document
directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such document is kept substantially in the form required
by law and is produced from proper custody.
Notes:
1. Subs by the A.O. 1937, for "the Gazette of India, or the Government Gazette of any L.G., or".
2. Ins. by the A.O. 1950.