Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

No: 47 Dated: Dec, 25 2023

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (भारतीय साक्ष्य अधिनियम, 2023)

भारतीय साक्ष्य अधिनियम, 2023 (2023 का 47) के संबंध में राजपत्र अधिसूचना

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

BE it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:—

PART I

CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

1. (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.

(2) It applies to all judicial proceedings in or before any Court, including Courts-martial, but not to affidavits presented to any Court or officer, nor to proceedings before an arbitrator.

(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.