BSA § 135 · Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

Section 135 BSA — Production of title-deeds of witness not a party

Replaces IEA 130 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. In force since 1 July 2024.

The text

No witness who is not a party to a suit shall be compelled to produce his title-deeds to any property, or any document in virtue of which he holds any property as pledgee or mortgagee or any document the production of which might tend to criminate him, unless he has agreed in writing to produce them with the person seeking the production of such deeds or some person through whom he claims

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

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