Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 46
In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant
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BSA Section 46 deals with in civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant and replaces Evidence Act 52.
Bare act text — BSA 46
46. In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant.
In civil cases the fact that the character of any person concerned is such as to render probable or improbable any conduct imputed to him, is irrelevant, except in so far as such character appears from facts otherwise relevant.
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What was BSA Section 46 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 46 (In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant) replaces Section 52 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 52 is now BSA 46.
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