Commercial Documents Evidence Act,1939
Act No : 30
Section :
Documents in relation to which the Court "SHALL presume"
PART I Documents in relation to wich the Court "SHALL presume" 1. Lloyd's Register of Shipping. 2. Lloyd's Daily Shipping Index. 3. Lloyd's Loading List. 4. Lloyd's Weekly Casualty Reports. 5. Certificate of delivery of goods to the Manchester ShipCanal Company. 6. Official log book, supplementary official log book andofficial wireless log kept by a British ship. 7. Certificate of Registry, Safety Certificate, Safety Radio-Telegraphy Certificate, Exemption Certificate. Certificate of Survey,Declaration of Survey, International Load Line Certificate, 1*[IndianLoad Line Certificate], Report of Survey of a ship provisionallydetained as unsafe, Report of Survey to be served upon the master of aship declared unsafe upon survey, Docking Certificate, Memorandumissued under Article 56 of the International Convention for the Safetyof Life at Sea, 1929. 8. Certificates A and B issued under the Indian MerchantShipping Act, 1923. 9. The following documents relating to marine insurance,namely, insurance policy, receipt for premium, certificate ofinsurance and insurance cover note. 10. Certificate concerning the loss of country craft issued bythe appropriate authority under Department of Commerce, MercantileMarine Department Circular No. 2 of 1938. 11. Protest made before a Notary Public or other duly authorizedofficial by a master of a ship relating to circumstances calculated toaffect the liability of the ship-owner. 12. Licence or permit for radio-telegraph apparatus carried inships or aircraft. 13. Certificate of registration of an aircraft granted by theGovernment of the country to which the aircraft belongs.----------------------------------------------------------------------1. Subs. by Act 35 of 1950, s. 3 and Sch. II, for "British India Load Line Certificate".87 14. Certificate of airworthiness of an aircraft granted orvalidated by, or under the authority of, the Government of the countryto which the aircraft belongs. 15. Licences and certificates of competency of aircraftpersonnel granted or validated by, or under the authority of, theGovernment of the country to which the personnel belongs. 16. Ground Engineer's licence issued by a competent authorityauthorized in this behalf by Government. 17. Consular Certificate in respect of goods shipped or shutout, consular certificates of origin, and consular invoice. 18. Certificate of origin of goods issued (but not merelyattested) by a recognised Chamber of Commerce, or by 1*[an Indian orBritish Consular officer, or by an Indian or British] TradeCommissioner or Agent. 19. Receipt for payment of customs duty issued by a customsauthority. 20. Schedule issued by a port, dock, harbour, wharfage or ware-house authority, or by a Railway company, showing fees, dues, freightsor other charges for the storage, transport or other services inconnection with goods. 21. Tonnage schedule and schedule of fees, commission or othercharges for services rendered, issued by a recognised Chamber ofCommerce. 22. The publication known as the Indian Railway ConferenceAssociation Coaching and Goods Tariffs. 23. Copy, certified by the Registrar of Companies, of thememorandum or the articles of association of a company, filed underthe Indian Companies Act, 1913 2*. 24. Protest, noting and certifying the dishonour of a bill ofexchange, made before a Notary Public or other duly authorizedofficial.
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