BSA Section 2: Definitions
IEA Sections 3 and 4 are covered by BSA Section 2.
14 entries in the correspondence table: 6 changed, 7 no change, 1 new provision.
- BSA 2IEA: IEA 3 Interpretation clauseChanged
Definitions.
Interpretation clauses, which include words and expressions and are interpreted in paragraphs in the IEA, are now defined under Section 2(1): Definitions, where each word and expression is given individual alphabetical clauses. BSA excludes the interpretation of "India" previously given in Section 3 of the IEA.
- BSA 2(1)(a)IEA: 3, para 1No change
"Court".
No change.
- BSA 2(1)(b)IEA: 4, para 3Changed
"conclusive proof".
"Act" is replaced with "Adhiniyam". Wherever the word “Act” is used in IEA the word “Adhiniyam” is used in BSA, therefore, this fact will not be specifically mentioned in this table hereinafter. Word "means" is added.
- BSA 2(1)(c)IEA: 3, para 8Changed
"disproved".
Words "A fact is said to be disproved" are replaced by "in relation to a fact, means".
- BSA 2(1)(d)IEA: 3, para 5Changed
"document".
The words "or otherwise recorded" and "or any other means", "and includes electronic and digital records" are added.
- BSA 2(1)(e)IEA: 3, para 6Changed
"evidence".
"Words" "including statements given electronically" in (e ) (i) and "or digital" in (e ) (ii) are added.
- BSA 2(1)(f)IEA: 3, para 2Changed
"fact".
Word "man" is replaced by "person" in illustrations and illustration (e)-"That a man has a certain reputation, is a fact" is now excluded in BSA.
- BSA 2(1)(g)IEA: 3, para 4No change
"facts in issue".
No change.
- BSA 2(1)(h)IEA: 4, para 1No change
"may presume".
No change.
- BSA 2(1)(i)IEA: 3, para 9No change
"not proved".
No change.
- BSA 2(1)(j)IEA: 3, para 7No change
"proved".
No change.
- BSA 2(1)(k)IEA: 3, para 3No change
"relevant".
No change.
- BSA 2(1)(l)IEA: 4, para 2No change
"shall presume".
No change.
- BSA 2(2)IEA: NewNew provision
Words and expressions.
Newly added. “Words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, and the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, shall have the same meanings as assigned to them in the said Act and Sanhitas.”
Source: Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (BSA) and the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (IEA), Central Academy for Police Training (CAPT), Bhopal — prepared by Anil Kishore Yadav, IPS, Director (PDF hosted on keralaprisons.gov.in). Check the bare act before relying on a section in court.
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