Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 137
Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate
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BSA Section 137 deals with witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate and replaces Evidence Act 132.
Bare act text — BSA 137
137. Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate.
A witness shall not be excused from answering any question as to any matter relevant to the matter in issue in any suit or in any civil or criminal proceeding, upon the ground that the answer to such question will criminate, or may tend directly or indirectly to criminate, such witness, or that it will expose, or tend directly or indirectly to expose, such witness to a penalty or forfeiture of any kind: Provided that no such answer, which a witness shall be compelled to give, shall subject him to any arrest or prosecution, or be proved against him in any criminal proceeding, except a prosecution forgiving false evidence by such answer.
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 132 → BSA 137: Word "Proviso" is excluded.
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 137 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 137 (Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate) replaces Section 132 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 132 is now BSA 137.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 132 — Professional communications
- BSA 133 — Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence
- BSA 134 — Confidential communication with legal advisers
- 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 138 — Accomplice
- BSA 139 — Number of witnesses
- BSA 140 — Order of production and examination of witnesses
- BSA 141 — Judge to decide as to admissibility of evidence
- BSA 142 — Examination of witnesses