Section 22B:
Presumptions to be drawn in certain cases.
122B. Presumptions to be drawn in certain cases.--(1) Where any books of account or other
documents are seized from any place and there are entries therein making reference to quantity,
quotations, rates, months of delivery, receipt or payment of differences or sale or purchase of goods or
option in goods, such books of account or other documents shall be admitted in evidence without
witnesses having to appear to prove the same; and such entries shall be prima facie evidence of the
matters, transactions and accounts purported to be therein recorded.
(2) In any trial for an offence punishable under section 21, it shall be presumed, until the contrary is
proved, that the place in which the books of account or other documents referred to in sub-section (1)
were seized, was used, and that the persons found therein were present, for the purpose of committing the
said offence.]
Notes:
1. Ins. by Act 62 of 1960, s. 20 (w.e.f. 28-12-1960)