bsa · New code (post-2024)

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

170 sections in 12 chapters. Click any section to see what old-code provisions it carries forward.

Chapter I
Preliminary
2 sections
§1§2
Chapter II
Relevancy of Facts
14 sections
§3§4§5§6§7§8§9§10§11§12§13§14§15§16
Chapter III
Admissions
16 sections
§17§18§19§20§21§22§23§24§25§26§27§28§29§30§31§32
Chapter IV
Statements by Persons Who Cannot be Called as Witnesses
6 sections
§33§34§35§36§37§38
Chapter V
Documentary Evidence
12 sections
§39§40§41§42§43§44§45§46§47§48§49§50
Chapter VI
Of the Exclusion of Oral by Documentary Evidence
8 sections
§51§52§53§54§55§56§57§58
Chapter VII
Of the Burden of Proof
37 sections
§59§60§61§62§63§64§65§66§67§68§69§70§71§72§73§74§75§76§77§78§79§80§81§82§83§84§85§86§87§88§89§90§91§92§93§94§95
Chapter VIII
Estoppel
6 sections
§96§97§98§99§100§101
Chapter IX
Of Witnesses
33 sections
§102§103§104§105§106§107§108§109§110§111§112§113§114§115§116§117§118§119§120§121§122§123§124§125§126§127§128§129§130§131§132§133§134
Chapter X
Of the Examination of Witnesses
14 sections
§135§136§137§138§139§140§141§142§143§144§145§146§147§148
Chapter XI
Of Improper Admission and Rejection of Evidence
12 sections
§149§150§151§152§153§154§155§156§157§158§159§160
Chapter XII
Repeal and Savings
10 sections
§161§162§163§164§165§166§167§168§169§170