Section 101
Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc.
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and to provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.
Chapter VI: Of the exclusion of oral evidence by documentary evidence Sections 94 to 103
Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, local and regional expressions, of abbreviations and of words used in a peculiar sense.
Illustration.
A, sculptor, agrees to sell to B, “all my mods”. A has both models and modelling tools. Evidence may be given to show which he meant to sell.
Illustration.
A, sculptor, agrees to sell to B, “all my mods”. A has both models and modelling tools. Evidence may be given to show which he meant to sell.