Evidence Act Section 132 is now BSA Section 137
- Evidence Act 132 (Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate) → BSA 137 Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate
Verbatim · BSA 137137. Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate.— A witness shall not be excused from answering any question as to any matter relevant to the matter in issue in any suit or in any civil or criminal proceeding, upon the ground that the answer to such question will criminate, or may tend directly or indirectly to criminate, such witness, or that it will expose, or tend directly or indirectly to expose, such witness to a penalty or forfeiture of any kind: Provided that no such answer, which a witness shall be compelled to give, shall subject him to any arrest or prose…
Read the full BSA Section 137 →
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.