Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 · Section 81

BSA 81: earlier IEA 81A

Section 81 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 replaces Section 81A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. BSA 81 deals with presumption as to Gazettes in electronic or digital record. The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam came into force on 1 July 2024. Both texts are set out below, side by side, with the changed words marked.

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam

BSA 81 was IEA 81A.

Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic or digital record.

Carried over
Old wording kept in full
Old · IEA 1872 · Ch. V
s. 81A
Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic forms
The Court shall presume the genuineness of every electronic record purporting to be the Official Gazette, or purporting to be electronic record directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such electronic record is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.]
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New · BSA 2023 · Ch. V
s. 81
Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic or digital record.
The Court shall presume the genuineness of every electronic or digital record purporting to be the Official Gazette, or purporting to be electronic or digital record directed by any law to be kept by any person, if such electronic or digital record is kept substantially in the form required by law and is produced from proper custody.
Explanation.--For the purposes of this section and section 93 electronic records are said to be in proper custody if they are in the place in which, and looked after by the person with whom such document is required to be kept; but no custody is improper if it is proved to have had a legitimate origin, or the circumstances of the particular case are such as to render that origin probable.
Text from India Code

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