Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature:
When any document is produced before any Court, purporting to be a document which, by the law in force for the time being in England or Ireland, would be admissible in proof of any particular in any Court of Justice in England or Ireland, without proof of the seal or stamp or signature authenticating it, or of the judicial or official character claimed by the person by whom it purports to be signed, the Court shall presume that such seal, stamp or signature is genuine, and that the person signing it held, at the time when he signed it, the judicial or official character which he claims,— and the document shall be admissible for the same purpose for which it would be admissible in England or Ireland.
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Section 82 deals with the method of proving documents in India which by law of England and Ireland are admissible as public documents. When such document is produced before any court in India it will be treated as admissible without proof of seal, stamp or signature. The Court shall presume such seal, stamp or signature genuine.