75. Every public officer having the custody of a public document, which any person has a right to inspect, shall give that person on demand a copy of it on payment of the legal fees therefor, together with a certificate written at the foot of such copy that it is a true copy of such document or part thereof, as the case may be, and such certificate shall be dated and subscribed by such officer with his name and his official title, and shall be sealed, whenever such officer is authorised by law to make use of a seal; and such copies so certified shall be called certified copies.
Explanation.-Any officer who, by the ordinary course of official duty, is authorised to deliver such copies, shall be deemed to have the custody of such documents within the meaning of this section.
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 71 Proof of document not required by law to be attested
Section 72 Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved
Section 73 Proof as to verification of digital signature
Section 74 Public and private documents
Section 75 Certified copies of public documents
Section 76 Proof of documents by production of certified copies
Section 77 Proof of other official documents
Section 78 Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies
Section 79 Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc
Section 80 Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents