The INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT 1872
dadra-and-nagar-haveli-and-daman-and-diu · 1872
- S. 1th f > II ' b I t ' are usee In e 0 owIng senses, un ess a con rary ~l
- S. 2On and from that day the following' laws shall Repealof >- be repealed:-
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- S. 5The Parliament of Ireland: ,::; ," (5
- S. 6Evidence:; ,
- S. 7Facts which are the occasion, cause, or,effect, Factswhich
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- S. 11When facts not otherWiserelevant become l'eleyant
- S. 12In suits in which damages are clahned, any In suitsfor fact which will enable the Court to determine- the ~amages d " f
- S. 13of any vant- eCt
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- S. 15—
- S. 16When there is a question whether a parti:' Existenc?of 1 d h
- S. 17An admission is a statement, oral or docu- Admission' mentary, which suggests any inference as to any fact defined
- S. 18Statenlents made by a party to the proceed- by party to in 0', or by
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- S. 20Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party
- S. 21Admissions are relevant and may be proved Proofofad
- S. 22When oral admissions ~s to contents of documents are relevant
- S. 23In
- S. 24A confession made by an accused person is ,'
- S. 25NO,
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- S. 27Provided that, when any fact is deposed to as !{~wmu?hof C
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- S. 29Confession otherwise relevant not to become irrelevant because of promise of secrecy, &c
- S. 30When more persons than one are being tried Consideration k
- S. 31,Admissions are not conclusive proof, of the matters
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- S. 33Evidence given by a witness in a judicial Re]e~ancJ: of proceeding, or before any person authorized by law Cd el'tam fie
- S. 34Entries ill books of account when relevant
- S. 35Jin
- S. 36Relevancy of statements in maps, chal'ts and plans, ;37
- S. 38When the Court has to form an opinion as to, ",'" ;-;t
- S. 40The existence of any judgment, order or Previous decree which by law prevents any Court fronl takiuO' judgments -
- S. 41A final judgment, order or decree of a com- Rele~ancyof petent Court, in the exercise of probate, matrimonial, ~el d'~m
- S. 42Relevancy and effect of judgments, orders or decrees, other than those mentioned in"section 41
- S. 43Judgments, orders,or decrees, other than those Inentioned in sections forty, forty-one and forty-tlv0,
- S. 44A,n~Tparty toa suit or other proceeding may sh6w that any judgnlent, order or decree which is relevant under section for
- S. 45When the Court has to form an opinion upon Opillions c£', a point of foreign law,
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- S. 51Whenever the opinion of any
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- S. 53In cl'iminal -proceedings, the fact th~t the
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- S. 56No fact of which the Court will take judicial anynotice
- S. 57The Court shall take judicial notice of the whichCourt following facts :-
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- S. 59Proof of facts by oral evidence
- S. 60Oral evidence must, in all cases, whatev~r, trl:usthe be direct; That is to say-
- S. 61The contents of documents rnay beprovcc1 Proofor con~ either hy ~> Primary or bv secondary evidence
- S. 62Prhllary evidence means the document itself Primary8"'11- l)roduced for the inspection of the Court
- S. 63Secondary :;~J ttI "t' , S~condary cv~dence
- S. 64Proof of documents by primary evidence
- S. 65Secondary evidence may be given of the exist-
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- S. 67If a document is affeged to be signed or to slguatll:'e
- S. 68If a document is required by law to be at- 0utionof tested, it, shall not be used as evidence' until one uocmnolltre
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- S. 71If the attesting witness denies or does not Proof
- S. 72An attested document not requh~ed by la"\v Proof of do- to be attested may be proved as if it was unattested
- S. 75All other documents are private
- S. 76Certified copies of public documents
- S. 77Such certified copies may be produced in qocumc~tsby proof of the contents of the public documents or productIOn of f th
- S. 78Proof of other official dOCUmeIlts
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- S. 80Whenever any
- S. 81Presumption as
- S. 82When any document is produced before any a (l\t:~ e
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- S. 85The Court shall presume that every
- S. 86The Court may presume that any document Presumpt~i?n PurportinO'to be a certified copy of any J
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- S. 89Presumption as to due execution, &c
- S. 90"There 4,7
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- S. 92Exclusion of evidenceof oral agreement
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- S. 94When language used in
- S. 95When laD' - ~ :
- S. 96When the facts are such that the language
- S. 97When the language used applies partly to ,~ one set of existing facts, and partly to a:
- S. 98Evidence lnay be given to sho\v the rneaning
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- S. 102On whom burden of proof lies
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- S. 106When any fact is especially within the knowledge of any
- S. 107Burden of proving death of person known to have been
- S. 108When thc, question iS~lcther anlan :~'1live Burdenof or dead and it is Proved that he has not hcml heard pro\'ingtb~t
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- S. 112"1
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- S. 114The Court may presume the existence of any
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- S. 116No tenant of immoveable property, or petson claiming through such tenant, shall, during the con-
- S. 119A witness who is'unable to speak may give Dumbwit- his' evidencein any other manner in which he can nesses
- S. 120In all civil proceedings the parties to the VIISUIt, an
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- S. 123Noone shall be permitted to give any evidence del'ived from unpublished official records relating
- S. 124I~0 public officer shall be compelled to munications
- S. 125No Magistrate or Police officershall be com- pelled to say whence he got any information as to the commission of any off
- S. 126No barrister, attorney, pleader or va3d1,shan at any tinle be permitted, unless
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- S. 130No witness who is not a party to
- S. 131Noone shall be compelled to produce docu- of
- S. 132A witnessshall nat be excused from"'answor- 'Witnessnot ing any questian as to
- S. 133134,
- S. 134No particular number af witnesses shall in Number cf' any case be required far the praaf of any fact
- S. 135Thearder in which witnesses are pr'aduccd Order of 1)1'0- and
- S. 136When either party prapases to
- S. 137The examination of a witness by the party
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- S. 139A person summoned to produce a docu- Cross-exam ment does not become a witness by the mere fact that inationof h 1
- S. 140Witnesses to character may be cross-exam- Witnesses ined and re
- S. 141Any question suggesting the answer which Leading' the person putting it wishes or expects to receive, is questions
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- S. 144Any witness may be asked, whilst under Evidence examination, whether any contract, grant or other ~sto ~atters >- d
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- S. 150If tne Court is of opinion that any such Clues
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- S. 153When a witness has been asked and has answered any question whichis relevant to the inquiry
- S. 154The Court may, in its discretion, permit the Questionby per~on w~o ~all~a wit~ess to put ~nr q~estions to hini ~~:ywti~:
- S. 155The Qredit of a witness may be impeached lb
- S. 156" When a witness whom it is intended -~' tendin bg tote to
- S. 157Former statements of witness may be proved to corro~ borate later testimony as to same fact
- S. 158What matters may be proved in connCt~tionwith proved' statement relevant undel' section 32 or 33
- S. 159Refreshing memory
- S. 160A witness may also testify' to facts m
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- S. 162Production of documents
- S. 163Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice
- S. 164When a party refuses to produce a docu
- S. 165The Judge may, iri order to discover or to pow~r
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- S. 167The improper' admission: or rejection, of No ne~ trial evidence shall,not'be,g:r?und
- S. 1872] Evidence