Evidence Act Section 158 is now BSA Section 161

Evidence Act 158 (What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 32 or 33) → BSA 161 What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 26 or 27

Verbatim · BSA 161161. What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 26 or 27.— Whenever any statement, relevant under section 26 or 27, is proved, all matters may be proved either in order to contradict or to corroborate it, or in order to impeach or confirm the credit of the person by whom it was made, which might have been proved if that person had been called as a witness and had denied upon cross-examination the truth of the matter suggested.

Read the full BSA Section 161 →

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.