Evidence Act Section 27 is now BSA Section 23(2)
- Evidence Act 27 (How much of information received from accused may be proved (discovery statement)) → BSA 23(2) Confession to police officerNow the proviso to BSA 23(2).
Verbatim · BSA 23(2)(2) No confession made by any person while he is in the custody of a police officer, unless it is made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate shall be proved against him: Provided that when any fact is deposed to as discovered in consequence of information received from a person accused of any offence, in the custody of a police officer, so much of such information, whether it amounts to a confession or not, as relates distinctly to the fact discovered, may be proved.
Read the full BSA Section 23 →
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.