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    Question

    Presumption as to a document which is 30 years old

    extends to the document if:
    A it is satisfying the criteria of being 30 years old only Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    B it is kept in property custody for 30 years or more. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    C it is produced from the custody which Court considers proper and is 30 or more years old. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
    D it is produced from a custody which is reasonable in the thinking of a prudent man. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

    Solution

    As per S. 90. Presumption as to documents thirty years old. –– Where any document, purporting or proved to be thirty years old, is produced from any custody which the Court in the particular case considers proper, the Court may presume that the signature and every other part of such document, which purports to be in the handwriting of any particular person, is in that person’s handwriting, and, in the case of a document executed or attested, that it was duly executed and attested by the persons by whom it purports to be executed and attested.

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