Section 161

What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 26 or 27.

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 X: Of examination of witnesses Sections 140 to 168

    Whenever any statement, relevant under section 26 or 27, is proved, all matters may be proved either in order to contradict or to corroborate it, or in order to impeach or confirm the credit of the person by whom it was made, which might have been proved if that person had been called as a witness and had denied upon cross-examination the truth of the matter suggested.

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