Indian Evidence Act, 1872 → Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
IEA 22BSA 20
When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant
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Under Section 20 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 22 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872)...
Bare act text — BSA 20
20. When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant .—Oral admissions as to the contents of a document are not relevant, unless and until the party proposing to prove them shows that he is entitled to give secondary evidence of the contents of such document under the rules hereinafter contained, or unless the genuineness of a document produced is in question.
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What is IEA 22 equivalent in BSA?
IEA Section 22 (When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant) corresponds to Section 20 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA).
What changed between IEA 22 and BSA 20?
No change.
How do I cite BSA 20 in a pleading?
Under Section 20 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 22 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872)...
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- IEA 17 → BSA 15 — Admission defined
- IEA 18 → BSA 16 — Admission by party to proceeding or his agent
- IEA 19 → BSA 17 — Admissions by persons whose position must be proved as against party to suit
- IEA 20 → BSA 18 — Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit
- IEA 21 → BSA 19 — Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf
- IEA 23 → BSA 21 — Admissions in civil cases when relevant
- IEA 24 → BSA 22(1) — Confession caused by inducement, threat, coercion or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding
- IEA 28 → BSA First proviso to section 22 — Confession made after removal of impression caused by inducement, threat or promise, relevant
- IEA 29 → BSA Second proviso to section 22 — Confession otherwise relevant not to become irrelevant because of promise of secrecy, etc
- IEA 25 → BSA 23(1) — Confession to police officer