The Essential Commodities Act, 1955

Section 13. Presumption as to orders

In force · As amended up to 2026-08

13. Presumption as to orders .―Where an order purports to have been made and signed by an authority in exercise of any power conferred by or under this Act, a court shall presume that such order was so made by that authority within the meaning of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872).

Source: India Code