Section 168 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 168 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
(1) When any judicial or official act is shown to have been done in a manner substantially regular, it is presumed that formal requisites for its validity were complied with.
(2) When it is shown that any person acted in a public capacity, it is presumed that he had been duly appointed and was entitled so to act.
(3) When a person in possession of any property is shown to be entitled to the beneficial ownership of it, there is a presumption that every instrument has been executed which it was the legal duty of his trustees to execute in order to perfect his title.
(4) When a minute is produced purporting to be signed by the chairman of a company incorporated under the Companies and Allied Matters Act and purporting to be a record of proceedings at a meeting of the company or of its directors it is presumed, until the contrary is shown, that such meeting was duly held and convened and that all proceedings at the meeting have been duly had, and that all appointments of directors, managers and liquidators are valid.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 169 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 170 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 171 of the Evidence Act 2011