BSA § 101 · Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

Section 101 BSA — Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc

Replaces IEA 98 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

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.

Source: India Code (indiacode.gov.in). The Gazette of India is the authoritative text.

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