Evidence Act Section 60 is now BSA Section 55
- Evidence Act 60 (Oral evidence must be direct) → BSA 55 Oral evidence to be direct
Verbatim · BSA 5555. Oral evidence to be direct.— Oral evidence shall, in all cases whatever, be direct; if it refers to, — (i) a fact which could be seen, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he saw it; (ii) a fact which could be heard, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he heard it; (iii) a fact which could be perceived by any other sense or in any other manner, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he perceived it by that sense or in that manner; (iv) an opinion or to the grounds on which that opinion is held, it must be the evidence of the person who holds that opinion on those …
Read the full BSA Section 55 →
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.