Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
BSA Section 96
Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
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BSA Section 96 deals with exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document and replaces Evidence Act 93.
Bare act text — BSA 96
96. Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document.
When the language used in a document is, on its face, ambiguous or defective, evidence may not be given of facts which would show its meaning or supply its defects. Illustrations. (a) A agrees, in writing, to sell a horse to B for "one lakh rupees or one lakh fifty thousand rupees". Evidence cannot be given to show which price was to be given. (b) A deed contains blanks. Evidence cannot be given of facts which would show how they were meant to be filled.
What changed from the Evidence Act
- Evidence Act 93 → BSA 96: In illustrations, "Rs. 1000" and "Rs. 1500" are replaced by "one lakh rupees" "one lakh fifty thousand rupees" respectively.
Frequently asked
What was BSA Section 96 in the Evidence Act?
BSA Section 96 (Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document) replaces Section 93 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Evidence Act 93 is now BSA 96.
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Nearby BSA sections
- BSA 91 — Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced
- BSA 92 — Presumption as to documents thirty years old
- BSA 93 — Presumption as to electronic records five 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 97 — Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts
- BSA 98 — Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts
- BSA 99 — Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons
- BSA 100 — . Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies
- BSA 101 — Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc