Evidence Act Section 157 is now BSA Section 160
- Evidence Act 157 (Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact) → BSA 160 Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact
Verbatim · BSA 160160. Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact.— In order to corroborate the testimony of a witness, any former statement made by such witness relating to the same fact, at or about the time when the fact took place, or before any authority legally competent to investigate the fact, may be proved.
Read the full BSA Section 160 →
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.