Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 163
Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162
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BSA Section 163 deals with testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162 and replaces Evidence Act 160.
Bare act text — BSA 163
163. Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162.
A witness may also testify to facts mentioned in any such document as is mentioned in section 162, although he has no specific recollection of the facts themselves, if he is sure that the facts were correctly recorded in the document. Illustration. A book-keeper may testify to facts recorded by him in books regularly kept in the course of business, if he knows that the books were correctly kept, although he has forgotten the particular transactions entered.
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What was BSA Section 163 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 163 (Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162) replaces Section 160 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 160 is now BSA 163.
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- BSA 168 — Judge's power to put questions or order production