86. Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records. The Court may presume that any document purporting to be a certified copy of any judicial record of 7 [ 8 * * * any country not forming forming part of India or] of Her Majesty’s Dominions is genuine and accurate, if the document purports to be certified in any manner which is certified by any representative of 9 * * * the 3 [Central Government] in or for] 11 [such country] to be the manner commonly in use in 12 [that country] for the certification of copies of judicial records.
An officer who, with respect to 14 *** any territory or place not forming part of 15 [India or] Her Majesty’s Dominions, is a Political Agent there for, as defined in section 3, 16 [clause (43)], of the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), shall, for the purposes of this section, be deemed to be a representative of the 1 [Central Government] 2 [in and for the country] comprising that territory or place].