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# The Law of Evidence Amendment Act, 1956 (East Pakistan Act)

> An Act to supplement the Law of Evidence.

**Status:** Active

**Date of Publication:** 27th December, 1956

**Act No:** XVIII OF 1956

WHEREAS doubts exist as to the admissibility of the certified copies of the copies of common records; AND WHEREAS it is necessary to remove such doubts; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

### Short title, extent and commencement

1\. (1) This Act may be called the Law of Evidence Amendment Act, 1956. (2) It extends to the whole of <sup><a id="fnref-1" href="#fn-1">1</a></sup> \[Bangladesh]. (3) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 15th day of August, 1947.

### Copies of common records to be public documents

(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in the [Evidence Act, 1872](/laws/act-24 "Act 24") , copies of common records of the divided districts of Bengal and Assam in the custody of a public officer, the originals whereof are either in West Bengal or Assam, shall be deemed to be public document within the meaning of clause (1) of section 74 of the [Evidence Act, 1872](/laws/act-24 "Act 24") and other provisions of the said Act shall apply accordingly.

Explanation.- 'Common records' mean and include documents of public nature in the custody of a public officer immediately before the 15th day of August, 1947, relating to a district or part of a district, which has fallen partly in <sup><a id="fnref-2" href="#fn-2">2</a></sup> \[the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)] and partly in India as a result of the award of the Boundary Commission appointed under section 3 of the Indian Independence Act, 1947.

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### Footnotes

<a id="fn-1" />**1.** The word “Bangladesh” was substituted for the words “East Pakistan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the [Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973](/laws/act-430 "Act 430") (Act No. VIII of 1973)

<a id="fn-2" />**2.** The words and brackets “the then East Pakistan (now Bangladesh)” were substituted for the word “Pakistan” by section 3 and the Second Schedule of the [Bangladesh Laws (Revision And Declaration) Act, 1973](/laws/act-430 "Act 430") (Act No. VIII of 1973)

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  Click [here](http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/act-details-266.html) to see the original act on the Bangladesh Legal Database.
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