Evidence Act Section 54 is now BSA Section 49
- Evidence Act 54 (Previous bad character not relevant, except in reply) → BSA 49 Previous bad character not relevant, except in reply
Verbatim · BSA 4949. Previous bad character not relevant, except in reply.— In criminal proceedings, the fact that the accused has a bad character, is irrelevant, unless evidence has been given that he has a good character, in which case it becomes relevant.
Read the full BSA Section 49 →
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.