# 81 Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents
The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the London Gazette or 1[any Official Gazette, or the Government Gazette] of any colony, dependency or possession of the British Crown, or to be a newspaper or journal, or to be a copy of a private Act of Parliament 2[of the United Kingdom] printed by the Queen's Printer and of every document purporting to be a document directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such document is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.
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1. Subs by the A.O. 1937, for "the Gazette of India, or the Government Gazette of any L.G., or".
2. Ins. by the A.O. 1950.
PRESUMPTIONS AS TO DOCUMENTS
79
Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies80
Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence81A
Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic forms82
Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature83
Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government
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