Section 10:
Receipt in evidence of exhibits, depositions and other documents and authentication thereof.
(1) In any proceedings against a fugitive criminal of a foreign State 1* * * under this
chapter, exhibits and depositions (whether received or taken in the presence of the person against
whom they are used or not) and copies thereof and official certificates of facts and judicial documents
stating facts may, if duly authenticated, be received as evidence.
(2) Warrants, depositions or statements on oath, which purport to have been issued or taken by
any court of Justice outside India or copies thereof, certificates of, or judicial documents stating the
facts of conviction before any such court shall be deemed to be duly authenticated if--
(a) the warrant purports to be signed by a judge, magistrate or officer of the State 2* * * where
the same was issued or acting in or of such State 2* * *;
(b) the depositions of statements or copies thereof purport to be certified, under the hand of a
judge, magistrate or officer of the State 2
* * * where the same were taken, or acting in or for such
State 2* * *, to be original depositions or statements or to be true copies thereof, as the case may
require ;
(c) the certificate of, or judicial document stating the fact of, a conviction purports to be
certified by a judge, magistrate or officer of the State 2* * * where the conviction took place or
acting in or for such State ;
(d) the warrants, depositions, statements, copies, certificates and judicial documents, as the
case may be, are authenticated by the oath of some witness or by the official seal of a Minister of
the State 2* * * where the same were 3* * * issued, taken or given.
Notes:
1. The words "or commonwealth country" omitted by Act 66 of 1993, s. 3 (w.e.f. 18-12-1993).
2. The words "or country" omitted by Act 66 of 1993, s. 3 (w.e.f. 18-12-1993).
3. The word "respectively" omitted by s. 7, ibid. (w.e.f. 18-12-1993).