IEA §130 → BSA §135
Production of title-deeds of witness not a party
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130. Production of title-deeds of witness not a party. –– No witness who is not a party to a suit shall be compelled to produce his title-deeds to any property, or any document in virtue of which he holds any property as pledge or mortgagee or any document the production of which might tend to criminate him, unless he has agreed in writing to produce them with the person seeking the production of such deeds or some person through whom he claims.
135. No witness who is not a party to a suit shall be compelled to produce his title-deeds to any property, or any document in virtue of which he holds any property as pledgee or mortgagee or any document the production of which might tend to criminate him, unless he has agreed in writing to produce them with the person seeking the production of such deeds or some person through whom he claims.
What changedAI-inferred
Production of title-deeds of witness, not a party.
Old position
IEA 130 is concerned with Production of title-deeds of witness not a party. Production of title-deeds of witness not a party
New position
BSA 136 preserves the framework with drafting modernisations as required by the new code. Topic: No one shall be compelled to produce documents in his possession or.. No one shall be compelled to produce documents in his possession or electronic records under his control, which any other person would be entitled to refuse to produce if they were in his possession or control, unless such last-mentioned
BSA 136 (No one shall be compelled to produce documents in his possession or.) preserves the framework of IEA 130. BSA 136 retains the operative provisions in substantively the same form, with drafting modernisation and structural updates as required by the new code. BSA 136 text: No one shall...
Editorial deltaAI-indicated (source-linked)
BSA-135 reproduces the operative content of IEA-130 (Production of title-deeds of witness not a party) with text-overlap 0.93 on the supplied bare-act extracts. The original PRS-chart-based pairing (BSA-136) appears to have been a parsing artifact: text-comparison shows that destination has a different topic. The corrected pairing reflects the actual section-content correspondence. Cross-references may need to be remapped per locked doctrine #11.
Transitional note (repeal & savings)
For matters initiated before 1 July 2024, IEA 130 continues to apply. For matters from that date forward, BSA 136 applies. The transition is governed by the repeal-and-savings clause in the new code (BNS 358 / BNSS 531 / BSA 170 as the case may be); pending proceedings under the old code carry forward unaffected.
Frequently asked
BSA 136 (No one shall be compelled to produce documents in his possession or.). The relationship is classified as substantively_same — see the change-note above for the textual delta.
Sources
- India Code — Indian Evidence Act, 1872
- Gazette of India — Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
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Newlaws.in, IEA §130 → BSA §135 Mapping Page, last updated 2026-05-01, accessed 2026-06-14, https://newlaws.in/iea/130.
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