CHAPTER 01 (PRELIMINARY)

(1) In this Adhiniyam, unless the context otherwise requires,—(a) “Court” includes all Judges and Magistrates, and all persons, except arbitrators, legally authorised to take evidence;(b) “conclusive proof” means when one fact is declared by this Adhiniyam to be conclusive proof of another, the Court shall, on proof of the one fact, regard the other as […]

(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 date1 as the Central Government may,