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Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter V: Of Documentary Evidence · Presumptions as to documents

Section 83: Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024.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.

Now in the BSA section 82 (Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government)

In plain words

The court must presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of the Central or a State Government were so made and are accurate. Maps or plans made for a particular case must be proved accurate.

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

The Court shall presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of [the Central Government or any State Government] were so made, and are accurate; but maps or plans made for the purposes of any cause must be proved to be accurate.

Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.

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.

Supreme Court judgments citing the section 83