Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 134
Confidential communication with legal advisers
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BSA Section 134 deals with confidential communication with legal advisers and replaces Evidence Act 129.
Bare act text — BSA 134
134. Confidential communication with legal advisers.
No one shall be compelled to disclose to the Court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and his legal adviser, unless he offers himself as a witness, in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such communications as may appear to the Court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence which he has given, but no others
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 129 → BSA 134: Words "legal professional adviser" are replaced by "legal adviser".
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 134 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 134 (Confidential communication with legal advisers) replaces Section 129 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 129 is now BSA 134.
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Nearby BSA sections
- 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
- BSA 135 — Production of title-deeds of witness not a party
- BSA 136 — Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce
- BSA 137 — Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate
- BSA 138 — Accomplice
- BSA 139 — Number of witnesses