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No. Puducherry Friday 9th May 2025
(19 Vaisakha 1947)
GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY
HOME DEPARTMENT
(G.O. Ms. No. 20, Puducherry, dated 06th May 2025)
NOTIFICATION
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 330 and clause (i)
of section 530 and all other enabling provisions of the Bharatiya Nagarik
Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act 46 of 2023), read with the Notification in
S.O. No. 2506(E), dated 28-06-2024 of the Government of India, Ministry
of Home Affairs, New Delhi, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, is
pleased to frame the following Rules, namely:–
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1. Short Title, Commencement.— (i) These Rules may be called "The Puducherry List of Documents for which no formal proof is required Rules, 2025".
(ii) They shall come into force on and from the date of its
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. Definitions.— (1) In these Rules, unless the context otherwise
requires,–
(a) "Document" has the same meaning as defined under section 2(d) of the Bharatiya of Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023) and section 2 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023);
(b) "Electronic Signature", "Electronic Signature Certificate" "Digital Signature" and "Digital Signature Certificate" have the same meaning as defined under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act No. 21 of 2000);
(c) "Form" means, as annexed with these Rules as Annexure-A;
(d) "List" means, as annexed with these Rules as Annexure-B;
(e) "Public Document has the same meaning as defined under
the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act 47 of 2023);
(f) "Sanhita" means, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
(Act No. 46 of 2023);
(2) Words and expressions used herein but, not defined in these Rules, shall have the same meaning as assigned to them in the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 46 of 2023); the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (Act No. 45 of 2023), Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023) a nd the Info rma tion Technology Act, 2 000 (Act No. 21 of 2000) or as defined in any other Central Act.
3. Nothing in these Rules shall be deemed to limit the powers of the Courts to call for the person to prove such signatures before the Court.
4. These Rules shall be in addition to any other Law or Rules made by the Lieutenant-Governor of Puducherry or the High Court of
Judicature of Madras.
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5. The Station House Officer of the Police Station/In-charge of any
other Investigation Agency shall mention the documents which are
required to be proved under these Rules in Form and List (Annexures A
and B) and attach the same with the charge-sheet.
6. The Public Prosecutor/Additional Public Prosecutor or Assistant
Public Prosecutor shall make the request to the Court within thirty days
from the supply of copy of charge-sheet to call upon the accused/
Advocate of accused to admit the documents as mentioned in Form and
List (Annexures A and B).
7. The Public Prosecutor/Additional Public Prosecutor or Assistant
Public Prosecutor shall make the request to the Court for deleting the
name of the witnesses from the charge-sheet in which they were cited
as witnesses to prove the documents admitted by the accused.
ANNEXURE – A
Name of Source Origin of Issuing Attesting Date of
Documents of the Documents Authority Authority issue of
Documents
Documents
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)
ANNEXURE – B
The list of documents to be admitted as genuine without proof of
signature of the person by whom it purports to be signed, is as under:–
(i) The report of any expert/scientific expert of any Government (ii) The report of the Public Analyst establish under the Food
Safety and Standards Act, 2006.
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(iii) The Medico Legal Report (MLR), Medico Legal Case
Summary (MLCS), Post Mortem Report (PMR), Brought-in-Death
Certificate, Cause of Death Certificate, X-Ray and CT Scan/MRI Report
conducted and prepared by the Government Doctors at the Government
Hospitals established in Puducherry duly authorized by the Government
or the Central Government as the case may be.
(iv) FIR recorded in any Police Station, Daily Dairy Registers
recorded in any Police Station during any enquiry or any other
proceedings.
(v) The entry of Register No. 19 maintained by MMHC/
AMMHC or any other officer authorized in this behalf for maintaining
record of case properties of cases.
(vi) Certified copies of any document prepared by the public
Authorities/Government and copies thereof provided to the citizens
under the provisions of the Right to Information Act, 2005.
(vii) The report of the Registration and Licensing Authority to
prove the reports of genuineness of issuance of Learners Licence,
Driving Licence, Registration Certificate and any other record related to
such Authority, by whatsoever name being called throughout India.
(viii) The certified copies of Revenue Record duly maintained
in the Office of the Tahsildar/any other Revenue Authority throughout
India.
(x) All the public documents as defined under the Bharatiya
Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)
Dr. SHARAT CHAUHAN,
Chief Secretary to Government.
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