The Evidence Act 1872 was replaced by the BSA 2023 (in force 2024-07-01); no verified section mapping on file for Section 85 — confirm the corresponding provision (savings: Section 170, BSA 2023).
The Court shall presume that every document purporting to be a power-of-attorney, and to have been executed before, and authenticated by, a Notary Public, or any Court, Judge, Magistrate, [Indian] Consul or Vice-Consul, or representative [x x x x] of the [Central Government], was so executed and authenticated. Substituted by the A. O. 1950. Prior to the substitution it read as:- "British". The word "of Her Majesty" Omitted by the A. O. 1950. Substituted by the A. O. 1937. Prior to the substitution it read as:- "Government of India".