Evidence Act Section 45 is now BSA Section 39(1)
- Evidence Act 45 (Opinions of experts) → BSA 39(1) Opinions of expertsBSA 39(1) extends expert fields to 'any other field'.
Verbatim · BSA 39(1)(1) When the Court has to form an opinion upon a point of foreign law or of science or art, or any other field, or as to identity of handwriting or finger impressions, the opinions upon that point of persons specially skilled in such foreign law, science or art, or any other field, or in questions as to identity of handwriting or finger impressions are relevant facts and such persons are called experts.
Read the full BSA Section 39 →
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.