Relevancy of entry in public record or an electronic record made in performance of duty.

What this section does

An entry in any public or official book, register, record, or electronic record, stating a fact in issue or a relevant fact, and made by a public servant in the discharge of official duty or by any other person in performance of a duty specially enjoined by the law of the country where the record is kept, is itself a relevant fact.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

The rule in one line

Official entries made by a public servant or a legally duty-bound person in public records or electronic records are relevant facts.

When it applies

• A birth entry made by a municipal registrar in the official birth register in discharge of statutory duty is a relevant fact to prove the date and place of birth.
• An entry in a government land revenue record made by a patwari in the discharge of official duty is relevant to prove ownership or possession of land.

Derived from IEA s.35.