Section 14 CPC — Presumption as to foreign judgments

The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 · Official PDF page 40

14. Presumption as to foreign judgments. —The Court shall presume upon the production of any document purporting to be a certified copy of a foreign judgment , that such judgment was pronounced by a Court of competent jurisdiction, unless the contrary appears on the record; but such presumption may be displaced by proving want of jurisdiction. Place of Suing

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