Indian Evidence Act
IEA 88A is now BSA 90.
Presumption as to electronic messages
Carried over
59% of the old wording kept
Old · IEA 1872 · Ch. V
s. 88A
Presumption as to electronic messages
The Court may presume that an electronic message forwarded by the originator through an electronic mail server to the addressee to whom the message purports to be addressed corresponds with the message as ted into his computer for transmission; but the Court shall not make any presumption as to the person by whom such message was sent.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, the expressions "addressec" and "originator" shall have thesame meanings respectively assigned to them in clauses (b) and (za) of sub-section (1) of Section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.]
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New · BSA 2023 · Ch. V
s. 90
Presumption as to electronic messages.
The Court may presume that an electronic message, forwarded by the originator through an electronic mail server to the addressee to whom the message purports to be addressed corresponds with the message as fed into his computer for transmission; but the Court shall not make any presumption as to the person by whom such message was sent.
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