The Court may presume that any document purporting to be a certified copy of any judicial record of 1 2 * * * any country not forming forming part of India or of Her Majesty’s Dominions is genuine and accurate, if the document purports to be certified in any manner which is certified by any representative of 3 * * * the Central Government 4in or for 5such country to be the manner commonly in use in 6that country for the certification of copies of judicial records.
7An officer who, with respect to 8*** any territory or place not forming part of 9India or Her Majesty’s Dominions, is a Political Agent there for, as defined in section 3, 10clause (43), of the General
Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be a representative of the 11 Central Government 12 in and for the country comprising that territory or place.
1. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “any country not forming part”.
2. The words “a Part B State or of” omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule.
3. The words “Her Majesty or of” omitted by A.O. 1950.
4. Subs. by Act 3 of 1891, s. 8, for “resident in”.
5. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule, for “such Part B State or Country”.
6. Subs. by s. 3 and the Schedule ibid., for “that State or Country”.
7. Subs. by Act 5 of 1899, s. 4, for the para added by Act 3 of 1891, s. 3.
8. The words “a Part B State or” ins. by the A.O. 1950, omitted by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule.
9. Ins. by the A.O. 1950.
10. Subs. ibid., for “clause (40)”.
11. Subs. by the A.O. 1937, for “G. of I.”
12. Subs. by Act 3 of 1951, s. 3 and the Schedule., for “in and for that Part B State or country”.