Evidence Act Section 126 is now BSA Section 132(1)
- Evidence Act 126 (Professional communications) → BSA 132(1) Professional communicationsIEA 126 and 127 are merged into BSA 132; 'barrister, attorney, pleader or vakil' becomes 'advocate'.
Verbatim · BSA 132(1)(1) No advocate, shall at any time be permitted, unless with his client’s express consent, to disclose any communication made to him in the course and for the purpose of his service as such advocate, by or on behalf of his client, or to state the contents or condition of any document with which he has become acquainted in the course and for the purpose of his professional service, or to disclose any advice given by him to his client in the course and for the purpose of such service: Provided that nothing in this section shall protect from disclosure of— (a) any such communication made in furth…
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The BSA replaced the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 from 1 July 2024.
Old-to-new correspondence is indicative and not always one-to-one; read the new text itself.