Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 135
Production of title-deeds of witness not a party
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BSA Section 135 deals with production of title-deeds of witness not a party and replaces Evidence Act 130.
Bare act text — BSA 135
135. Production of title-deeds of witness not a party.
No witness who is not a party to a suit shall be compelled to produce his title-deeds to any property, or any document in virtue of which he holds any property as pledgee or mortgagee or any document the production of which might tend to criminate him, unless he has agreed in writing to produce them with the person seeking the production of such deeds or some person through whom he claims
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What was BSA Section 135 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 135 (Production of title-deeds of witness not a party) replaces Section 130 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 130 is now BSA 135.
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Nearby BSA sections
- 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 134 — Confidential communication with legal advisers
- 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
- BSA 140 — Order of production and examination of witnesses