Differences between Public Document’ and Private Document

Differences between Public Document’ and Private Document are:

Public Document:

Article 85 of QSO Defines what the Public documents are.

All the public documents are kept in some special custody of the authority

Certified copies of the Public Documents shall be given to any person demanding it on paying prescribed fee

Public documents are open to inspection to any person.

Mode of proof:

The mode of proving public documents has been provided in ARTICLE 88 to 89 of QSO

A public document is one prepared by a Public servant in discharge of his public-official duties

Certified copies of the public document can be received in evidence and without proof

Examples: Documents forming the Acts, or records of the Act, of the sovereign authority, Tribunals, public officers, legislative, judicial and executive, etc.

Private Document:

Article 86 of QSO defines that all other documents are private

All the private documents are kept in the hands of private persons under their own custody

Certified copies cannot be given pertaining to private documents.

In fact the words certified copies do not arise in private custody.

Private Documents are not open for in section to any person.

Mode of proof:

The mode of proving private documents has been provided in ARTICLE 82 to 84