Section 111

Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years.

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

  • Act 47 of 2023
  • Ministry of Home Affairs
  • Department of Internal Security
About this Act

An Act to consolidate and to provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.

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Chapter VII: Of the burden of proof Sections 104 to 120

    When the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is proved that he has not been heard of for seven years by those who would naturally have heard of him if he had been alive, the burden of proving that he is alive is shifted to the person who affirms it.

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