Evidence Act Section 144 is now BSA Section 147

Evidence Act 144 (Evidence as to matters in writing) → BSA 147 Evidence as to matters in writing

Verbatim · BSA 147147. Evidence as to matters in writing.— Any witness may be asked, while under examination, whether any contract, grant or other disposition of property, as to which he is giving evidence, was not contained in a document, and if he says that it was, or if he is about to make any statement as to the contents of any document, which, in the opinion of the Court, ought to be produced, the adverse party may object to such evidence being given until such document is produced, or until facts have been proved which entitle the party who called the witness to give secondary evidence of it.

Read the full BSA Section 147 →

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.