Indian Evidence Act, 1872 → Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
IEA 132BSA 137
Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate
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What changed
- Word "Proviso" is excluded.
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Under Section 137 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 132 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872)...
Bare act text — BSA 137
137. Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate .—A witness shall not be excused from answering any question as to any matter relevant to the matter in issue in any suit or in any civil or criminal proceeding, upon the ground that the answer to such question will criminate, or may tend directly or indirectly to criminate, s uch witness, or that it will expose, or tend directly or indirectly to expose, such witness to a penalty or forfeiture of any kind: Provided that no such answer, which a witness shall be compelled to give, shall subject him to any arrest or prosecution, or be proved against him in any criminal proceeding, except a prosecution forgiving false evidence by such answer.
Frequently asked
What is IEA 132 equivalent in BSA?
IEA Section 132 (Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate) corresponds to Section 137 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA).
What changed between IEA 132 and BSA 137?
Word "Proviso" is excluded.
How do I cite BSA 137 in a pleading?
Under Section 137 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 132 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872)...
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- IEA 127 → BSA 132(3) — Professional communications to apply interpreters, etc
- IEA 128 → BSA 133 — Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence
- IEA 129 → BSA 134 — Confidential communication with legal advisers
- IEA 130 → BSA 135 — Production of title-deeds of witness not a party
- IEA 131 → BSA 136 — Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce
- IEA 133 → BSA 138 — Accomplice
- IEA 134 → BSA 139 — Number of witnesses
- IEA 135 → BSA 140 — Order of production and examination of witnesses
- IEA 136 → BSA 141 — Judge to decide as to admissibility of evidence
- IEA 137 → BSA 142 — Examination of witnesses