Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 14
Existence of course of business when relevant
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BSA Section 14 deals with existence of course of business when relevant and replaces Evidence Act 16.
Bare act text — BSA 14
14. Existence of course of business when relevant.
When there is a question whether a particular act was done, the existence of any course of business, according to which it naturally would have been done, is a relevant fact. Illustrations. (a) The question is, whether a particular letter was dispatched. The facts that it was the ordinary course of business for all letters put in a certain place to be carried to the post, and that particular letter was put in that place are relevant. (b) The question is, whether a particular letter reached A. The facts that it was posted in due course, and was not returned through the Return Letter Office, are relevant.
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What was BSA Section 14 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 14 (Existence of course of business when relevant) replaces Section 16 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 16 is now BSA 14.
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- BSA 12 — Facts showing existence of state of mind, or of body or bodily feeling
- BSA 13 — Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional
- BSA 15 — Admission defined
- BSA 16 — Admission by party to proceeding or his agent
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- BSA 18 — Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit
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