Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter II: Of the Relevancy of Facts · Statements made under special circumstances
Section 37: Relevancy of statement as to fact of public nature contained in certain Acts or notifications
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
When the court must form an opinion on a fact of a public nature, a statement of it in a recital in an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom, a Central, Provincial or State Act, a Government notification in the Official Gazette, or certain official Gazettes, is relevant.
A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.
Official text
When the Court has to form an opinion as to the existence of any fact of a public nature, any statement of it, made in a recital contained in any Act of Parliament [of the United Kingdom] or in any [Central Act, Provincial Act or [a State Act] or in a Government notification or notification by the Crown Representative appearing in the Official Gazette or in any printed paper purporting to be the London Gazette or the Government Gazette of any Dominion, colony or possession of his Majesty is a relevant fact]. * * * * *
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.