Bare ActsThe INDIAN-EVIDENCE-ACT-1872

Section 57

Facts of which Court must take judicial notice

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Facts of which Court must take judicial notice. The Court shall take judicial notice of the following facts:-­ 1*[(1) All laws in force in the territory of India;] (2) All public Acts passed or hereafter to be passed by Parliament 2*[of the United Kingdom], and all local and personal Acts directed by Parliament 2*[of the United Kingdom] to be judicially noticed; (3) Articles of War for 3*[the Indian] Army 4*[Navy or Air Force]; 5*[(4) The course of proceeding of Parliament of the United Kingdom, of the Constituent Assembly of India, of Parliament and of the legislatures established under any laws for the time being in force in a Province or in the States;] (5) The accession and the sign manual of the Sovereign for the time being of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: (6) All seals of which English Courts take judicial notice; the seals of all the 6*[Courts in 7*[India]] and of all Courts out of 7*[India] established by the authority of 8*[the Central Government or the Crown Representative]: the seals of Courts of Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction and of Notaries Public, and all seals which any person

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