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Whenever any. document is produced be- P1CsumptlO~ fore any Court, purporting to be a'record or memo-. as to doell.' d f tl ' d f J f t "b ' 1 moDts pro- ran urn 0 1e eVl- ence, or 0 any pal tJ0 .:- .to evIC once, duced as . given by a witness in a judicial proceeding or before rec!ordnf any Qffieer authorized by law to take such evidence, evIdence. " ~- . ; . or 4;) Evidence. r ACTI Presnmpholl as to maps or plans made by authority of Govci'n- ment. or to he a statement or confession by any prisoner or accused person, taken, in accordance with law, and purporting to be signed by any Judge or Magistrate, or by any such officer as aforesaid, the Court shall presume- that the document is genuine; that any, state- ments as to the circumstances under which' it was taken, purporting to be made by the person signing --,- it, are. true, and that such evidence, statement or confession was duly taken. Presumption 81. The Court shall presume the O'enuinenessof as to Gazettes, d t t. t b th L t) d G tt neW8papers,every ocumen purpor Ing 0 e e Ort on aze e, p~'ivat,e, Acts or the Gazette of I rtdia, or .the Government Gazette ~~X~'~h:~ent of any Local Government, or of any colony, depend- documents-elley or possession of the British Crown, or to be a newspaper or journal, or to be a copy of a private Act of Parliament printed by the Queen's Printer, and of every document purporting to be a document directed by any law to ~e kept by any person, if such document is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced fror nt'oper custody. Presumption