Indian Evidence Act Section 86: Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records

The Courts may presume that any document purporting to be a certified copy of any judicial record of any country and not forming part of India or of Her Majesty’s dominions is genuine and accurate if the document purports to be certified in any manner which is certified by any representative of the Central Government in or for such country to be the manner commonly in use in that country for the certification of copies of judicial records.

An Officer who, with respect to  any territory or place not forming part of India or Her Majesty’s dominions, is a Political Agent therefor, as defined in section 3, clause (43), of the General Clause Act, 1897, shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be a representative of the Central Government in and for the country] comprising that territory of place