Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 101
Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc
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BSA Section 101 deals with evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc and replaces Evidence Act 98.
Bare act text — BSA 101
101. Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc.
Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, local and regional expressions, of abbreviations and of words used in a peculiar sense. Illustration. A, sculptor, agrees to sell to B, "all my mods". A has both models and modelling tools. Evidence may be given to show which he meant to sell.
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 98 → BSA 101: The word "provincial" is replaced by "regional".
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 101 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 101 (Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc) replaces Section 98 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 98 is now BSA 101.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 96 — Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
- BSA 97 — Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts
- BSA 98 — Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts
- BSA 99 — Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons
- BSA 100 — . Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies
- BSA 102 — Who may give evidence of agreement varying terms of document
- BSA 103 — Saving of provisions of Indian Succession Act relating to wills
- BSA 104 — Burden of proof
- BSA 105 — On whom burden of proof lies
- BSA 106 — Burden of proof as to particular fact