Presumption of document authenticity requires courts to accept contents and handwriting unless rebutted, and admit unstamped documents. Section 144 provides that when a document is produced, seized, or received from abroad and tendered by the prosecution, the court shall, unless the contrary is proved, presume the truth of its contents and that signatures or handwriting are those of the persons they purport to be, and shall admit the document in evidence even if not duly stamped, if otherwise admissible.
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Presumption of document authenticity requires courts to accept contents and handwriting unless rebutted, and admit unstamped documents.
Section 144 provides that when a document is produced, seized, or received from abroad and tendered by the prosecution, the court shall, unless the contrary is proved, presume the truth of its contents and that signatures or handwriting are those of the persons they purport to be, and shall admit the document in evidence even if not duly stamped, if otherwise admissible.
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