Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions

Reference: The Indian Evidence Act
Section 84

The Court shall presume the genuineness of every book purporting to be printed or published under the authority of the Government of nay country, and to contain any of the laws of that country and of every book purporting to contain reports of decisions of the Courts of such country.

This Section should be read along with Sections 38, 57, 74 and 78. Section 38 makes the law and rulings contained in officially printed books of any country relevant. Courts are directed to take judicial notice of certain facts under Section 57 including Indian and English laws, and legislative proceedings. The documents which are recognised as public documents are listed in Section 74, and Section 78 speaks of how certain public documents including those mentioned in Section 84 are to be proved.