Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 161
What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 26 or 27
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BSA Section 161 deals with what matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 26 or 27 and replaces Evidence Act 158.
Bare act text — BSA 161
161. What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 26 or 27.
Whenever any statement, relevant under section 26 or 27, is proved, all matters may be proved either in order to contradict or to corroborate it, or in order to impeach or confirm the credit of the person by whom it was made, which might have been proved if that person had been called as a witness and had denied upon cross-examination the truth of the matter suggested.
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 158 → BSA 161: [ section 32 or 33].
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 161 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 161 (What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 26 or 27) replaces Section 158 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 158 is now BSA 161.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 156 — Exclusion of evidence to contradict answers to questions testing veracity
- BSA 157 — Question by party to his own witness
- BSA 158 — Impeaching credit of witness
- BSA 159 — Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible
- BSA 160 — Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact
- BSA 162 — Refreshing memory
- BSA 163 — Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162
- BSA 164 — Right of adverse party as to writing used to refresh memory
- BSA 165 — Production of documents
- BSA 166 — Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice