Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 93
Presumption as to electronic records five years old
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BSA Section 93 deals with presumption as to electronic records five years old and replaces Evidence Act 90A.
Bare act text — BSA 93
93. Presumption as to electronic records five years old.
Where any electronic record, purporting or proved to be five years old, is produced from any custody which the Court in the particular case considers proper, the Court may presume that the electronic signature which purports to be the electronic signature of any particular person was so affixed by him or any person authorised by him in this behalf. Explanation.--The Explanation to section 81 shall also apply to this section.
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 90A → BSA 93: A new explanation same as of section 81 is added.
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 93 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 93 (Presumption as to electronic records five years old) replaces Section 90A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 90A is now BSA 93.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 88 — Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records
- BSA 89 — Presumption as to books, maps and charts
- BSA 90 — Presumption as to electronic messages
- BSA 91 — Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced
- BSA 92 — Presumption as to documents thirty years old
- BSA 94 — Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other dispositions of property reduced to form of document
- BSA 95 — Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement
- BSA 96 — Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
- BSA 97 — Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts
- BSA 98 — Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts