Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 128
Communications during marriage
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BSA Section 128 deals with communications during marriage and replaces Evidence Act 122.
Bare act text — BSA 128
128. Communications during marriage.
No person who is or has been married, shall be compelled to disclose any communication made to him during marriage by any person to whom he is or has been married; nor shall he be permitted to disclose any such communication, unless the person who made it, or his representative in interest, consents, except in suits between married persons, or proceedings in which one married person is prosecuted for any crime committed against the other
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What was BSA Section 128 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 128 (Communications during marriage) replaces Section 122 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 122 is now BSA 128.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 123 — Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee
- BSA 124 — Who may testify
- BSA 125 — Witness unable to communicate verbally
- BSA 126 — Competency of husband and wife as witnesses in certain cases
- BSA 127 — Judges and Magistrates
- BSA 129 — Evidence as to affairs of State
- BSA 130 — Official communications
- BSA 131 — Information as to commission of offences
- BSA 132 — Professional communications
- BSA 133 — Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence