IEA 3, para 6BSA 2(1)(e)

What changed

• "Words" "including statements given electronically" in (e ) (i) and "or digital" in (e ) (ii) are added.

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Under Section 2(1)(e) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 3, para 6 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872)...

Bare act text — BSA 2(1)(e)

(e) “evidence” means and includes— 1. 1st July, 2024, vide notification No. S.O. 849(E), dated, 23 rd day of February, 2024, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii). 9 (i) all statements including statements given electronically which the Court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses in relation to matters of fact under inquiry and such statements are called oral evidence; (ii) all documents including electronic or digital records produced for the inspection of the Court and such documents are called documentary evidence;