BSA §82
Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of.
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83. Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.––The Court shall presume that maps or plans purporting to be made by the authority of 4[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.
82. 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.
What changedAI-inferred
Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.
Old position
IEA 83 is concerned with Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government. Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government
New position
BSA 84 preserves the framework with drafting modernisations as required by the new code. Topic: Reports of decisions.. The Court shall presume that every document purporting to be a power-of-attorney, and to have been executed before, and authenticated by, a Notary Public, or any Court, Judge, Magistrate, Indian Consul or Vice-Consul, or representative of
BSA 84 (Reports of decisions.) preserves the framework of IEA 83. BSA 84 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code. BSA 84 text: The Court shall presume that every document purporting to be a...
Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)
BSA-82 reproduces the operative content of IEA-83 (Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government) with text-overlap 0.94 on the supplied bare-act extracts. The original PRS-chart-based pairing (BSA-84) appears to have been a parsing artifact: text-comparison shows that destination has a different topic. The corrected pairing reflects the actual section-content correspondence. Cross-references may need to be remapped per locked doctrine #11.
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, IEA 83 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BSA 84 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.
Frequently asked
BSA 84 (Reports of decisions.). The relationship is classified as substantively_same — see the change-note above for the textual delta.
Sources
- India Code — Indian Evidence Act, 1872
- Gazette of India — Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
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Newlaws.in, IEA §83 → BSA §82 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-15, https://newlaws.in/bsa/82.
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