IEA 90A — Presumption as to electronic records five years old

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

[90A.  Presumption  as  to  electronic  records  five  years  old. ––  Where  any  electronic  record,
purporting or proved to be five years old, is produced from any custody which the Court in the particular
case  considers  proper,  the  Court  may  presume  that  the

[electronic  signature]  which  purports  to  be  the

[electronic signature] of any particular person was so affixed by him or any person authorised by him in this behalf.
Explanation. –– Electronic records are said to be in proper custody if they are in the place in which,
and under the care of the person with whom, they naturally be; but no custody is improper if it is proved
to have had a legitimate origin, or the circumstances of the particular case are such as to render such an origin probable.
This Explanation applies also to section 81A.]
C HAPTER VI. –– OF THE EXCLUSION OF ORAL BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

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