Commercial Documents Evidence Act,1939
Act No : 30
Section :
Documents in relation to which the Court "MAY presume"
PART II Documents in relation to which the Court "MAY presume" 1. Survey report issued by a competent authority-- (i) in respect of cargo loaded; or----------------------------------------------------------------------1. Subs. by the A. O. 1948 for "a British Consular officer or British or Indian".2. See now the Indian Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).88 (ii) certifying the quantity of coal loaded; or (iii) in respect of the security of hatches. 2. Official log book, supplementary official log book andofficial wireless log kept by a foreign ship. 3. Dock certificate, dock challan, dock receipt or warrant,port warehouse certificate or warrant, issued by, or under theauthority of, a port, dock, harbour or wharfage authority. 4. Certificate issued by a port, dock, harbour, wharfage orother authority having control of acceptance of goods for shipping,transport or delivery, relating to the date or time of shipment ofgoods, arrival of goods for acceptance, arrival of vessels oracceptance or delivery of goods, or to the allocation of berthingaccommodation to vessels. 5. Export application issued by a port authority showing duespaid, weight and measurement and the shutting out of a consignment. 6. Certificate or receipt showing the weight or measurement ofa consignment issued by the official measurer of the Conference Lines,or by a sworn or licensed measurer, or by a recognised Chamber ofCommerce. 7. Reports and publications issued by a port authority showingthe movement of vessels, and certificates issued by such authorityrelating to such movements. 8. Certificate of safety for flight signed by a licensed GroundEngineer. 9. Aircraft log book, journey log book and log book, maintainedby the owner or operator in respect of aircraft. 10. Passenger list or manifest of goods carried in publictransport aircraft. 11. Passenger ticket issued by a steamship company or airtransport company. 12. Air consignment note and baggage check, issued by an airtransport company in respect of goods carried by air, and the counter-foil or duplicate thereof retained by the carrier. 13. Aircraft load sheet. 14. Storage warrant of a warehouse recognised by a customs,excise, port, dock, harbour or wharfage authority.89 15. Acknowledgment receipt for goods granted by a port, dock,harbour, wharfage or warehouse authority or by a Railway or Steam-shipcompany. 16. Customs or excise pass and customs or excise permit orcertificate, issued by a customs or excise authority. 17. Force majeure certificate issued by a recognised Chamber ofCommerce. 18. Receipt of a Railway or Steamship company granted to aconsignor in acknowledgment of goods entrusted to the company fortransport. 19. Receipt granted by the Posts and Telegraphs Department. 20. Certificate or survey award issued by a recognised Chamberof Commerce relating to the quality, size, weight or valuation of anygoods, count of yarn or percentage of moisture in yarn and othergoods. 21. Copy, certified by the Registrar of Companies, of thebalance-sheet, profit and loss account, and audit report of a company,filed with the said Registrar under the Indian Companies Act, 1913 1*,and the rules made thereunder.----------------------------------------------------------------------1. See now the Indian Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).
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