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Indian Evidence Act, 1872 Complete Act

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....to another when the one is connected with the other in any of the ways referred to in the provisions of this Act relating to the relevancy of facts. "Facts in issue" " The expression "facts in issue" means and includes " any fact from which, either by itself or in connection with other facts, the existence, non-existence, nature or extent of any right, liability, or disability, asserted or denied on any suit or proceeding, necessarily follows. Explanation - Whenever, under the provisions of the law for the time being in force relating to Civil Procedure, any Court records an issue of fact, the fact to be asserted or denied in the answer to such issue is a fact in issue. Illustrations A is accused of the murder of B. At his trial the following facts may be in issue:- That caused A B's death; That A intended to cause Bs' death; That A had received grave and sudden provocation from B; That A, at the time of doing the act which caused B's death, was, by reason of unsoundness of mind, incapable of knowing its nature. "Documents" " "Documents" means any matter expressed of described upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks, or by more than one of those means,.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Part 1

Title: Relevancy of Facts

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....context:- "Court".-Court" includes all Judges1 and Magistrates, 2 and all persons, except arbitrators, legally authorized to take evidence. "Fact".-"Fact" means and includes- (1) any thing, state of things, or relation of things, capable of being perceived by the senses; (2) any mental condition of which any person is conscious. Illustrations (a) That there are certain objects arranged in a certain order in a certain place, is a fact. (b) That a man heard or saw something, is a fact. (c) That a man said certain words, is a fact. (d) That a man holds a certain opinion, has a certain intention, acts in good faith or fraudulently, or uses a particular word in a particular sense, or is or was at a specified time conscious of a particular sensation, is a fact. (e) That a man has a certain reputation, is a fact. "Relevant".-One fact is said to be relevant to another when the one is connected with the other in any of the ways referred to in the provisions of this Act relating to the relevancy of facts. "Facts in issue".-The expression "facts in issue" means and includes--any fact from which, either by itself or in connection with other facts, the existence,.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Chapter 1

Title: Preliminary

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....context:- "Court".-Court" includes all Judges1 and Magistrates, 2 and all persons, except arbitrators, legally authorized to take evidence. "Fact".-"Fact" means and includes- (1) any thing, state of things, or relation of things, capable of being perceived by the senses; (2) any mental condition of which any person is conscious. Illustrations (a) That there are certain objects arranged in a certain order in a certain place, is a fact. (b) That a man heard or saw something, is a fact. (c) That a man said certain words, is a fact. (d) That a man holds a certain opinion, has a certain intention, acts in good faith or fraudulently, or uses a particular word in a particular sense, or is or was at a specified time conscious of a particular sensation, is a fact. (e) That a man has a certain reputation, is a fact. "Relevant".-One fact is said to be relevant to another when the one is connected with the other in any of the ways referred to in the provisions of this Act relating to the relevancy of facts. "Facts in issue".-The expression "facts in issue" means and includes--any fact from which, either by itself or in connection with other facts, the existence,.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Chapter 2

Title: Of the Relevancy of Facts

State: Central

Year: 1872

..... _______________________ 1. See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) Section 6 - Relevancy of facts forming part of same transaction Facts which, though not in issue, are so connected with a fact in issue as to form part of the same transaction, are relevant, whether they occurred at the same time and place or at different times and places. Illustrations (a) A is accused of the murder of B by beating him. Whatever was said or done by A or B or the by-standers at the beating, or so shortly before or after it as to form part of the transaction, is a relevant fact. (b) A is accused of waging war against the 1 [Government of India] by taking part in an armed insurrection in which property is destroyed, troops are attacked and goals are broken open. The occurrence of these facts is relevant, as forming part of the general transaction, thought A may not have been present at all of them. (c) A sues B for a libel contained in a letter forming part of a correspondence. Letters between the parties relating to the subject out of which the libel arose, and forming part of the correspondence in which it is contained, are relevant facts, though they do not.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 3

Title: Interpretation Clause

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....the Information Technology Act, 2000.] ________________ 1. Cf. the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (Act 5 of 1908), section 2, the Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), section 19; and, for a definition of "District Judge", the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), section 3 (17). 2. Cf. the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), section 3 (32) and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974). 3. See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908) as to the settlement of issues, See Schedule I, Order XIV. 4. Cf. the Indian Penal Code (Act 45 of 1860), section 29 and the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), section 3 (18). 5. Cf. definition of "writing in the General Clauses Act, 1897 (10 of 1897), section 3 (65). 6. Substituted by Act 21 of 2000, section 92 and Schedule II, for "all documents produced for the inspection of the Court." (w.e.f. 17-10-2000). 7. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for the definition of "State" and "States", which was inserted by the A.O. 1950. 8. Inserted by Act 21 of 2000, section 92 and Schedule II (w.e.f. 17-10-2000). 9. Substituted vide IT Amendment Act, 2008 prior text was "Digital Signature" .....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 100

Title: Saving of Provisions of Indian Succession Act Relating to Wills

State: Central

Year: 1872

Nothing in this Chapter contained shall be taken to affect any of the provisions of the Indian Succession Act (10 of 1865)1 as to the construction of wills. _________________________ 1. See now the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925), Pt. VI, Ch. VI.

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Chapter 6

Title: Of the Exclusion of Oral or Documentary Evidence

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....is drawn in a set of three, one only need be proved. (d) A contracts, in writing, with B for the delivery of indigo upon certain terms. The contract mentions the fact that B had paid A the price of other indigo contracted for verbally on another occasion. Oral evidence is offered that no payment was made for the other indigo. The evidence is admissible. (e) A gives B receipt for money paid by B. Oral evidence is offered of the payment. The evidence is admissible. _________________________ 1. Where, however, a criminal court finds that a confession or other statements or an accused person has not been recorded in the manner prescribed, evidence may be taken that the recorded statement was duly made see the Code or Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974), section, 463. 2. Substituted by Act 18 of 1872, section 7, for "under the Indian Succession Act". 3. Substituted by Act 3 of 1951, section 3 and Schedule, for "the States". Section 92 - Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement When the terms of any such contract, grant or other disposition of property, or any matter required by law to be reduced to the form of a document have been proved according to the.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Part 2

Title: On Proof

State: Central

Year: 1872

.....the facts admitted to be proved otherwise than by such admission. INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT 1872Chapter 4 - OF ORAL EVIDENCE Section 59 - Proof of facts by oral evidence All facts, except the 1 [contents of documents or electronic records], may be proved by oral evidence. _____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 21 of 2000, section 92 and Schedule II, for "contents of documents" (w.e.f. 17-10-2000). Section 60 - Oral evidence must be direct Oral evidence must, in all cases whatever, be direct; that is to say-- If it refers to a fact which could be seen, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he saw it; If it refers to a fact which could be heard, it must be the evidence of a witness who says he heard it; If it refers to 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 senseor in that manner; If it refers to 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 grounds: Provided that the opinions of experts expressed in any treatise commonly offered for sate, and the grounds on.....

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 26

Title: Confession by Accused While in Custody of Police Not to Be Proved Against Him

State: Central

Year: 1872

No confession made by any person whlist the is in the custody of a police officer, unless it be made in the immediate presence of a Magistrate1 , shall be proved as against such person. 2 [Explanation.--In this section "Magistrate" does not include the head of a village discharging magisterial functions in the Presidency of Fort St. George 3 [***] or elsewhere, unless such headman is a Magistrate exercising the powers of a Magistrate under the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1882 (10 of 1882)4 ]. _____________________ 1. A Coroner has been declared to be Magistrate for the purposes of this section, see the Coroners Act, 1871 (4 of 1871) section 20. 2. Inserted by Act 3 of 1891, section 3. 3. The word "on in Burma" omitted by the A.O. 1937. 4. See now the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974.)

Indian Evidence Act 1872 Section 5

Title: Evidence May Be Given of Facts in Issue and Relevant Facts

State: Central

Year: 1872

Evidence may be given in any suit or proceeding of the existence or non-existence of every fact in issue and of such other facts as are hereinafter declared to be relevant, and of no others. Explanation.-This section shall not enable any person to give evidence of a fact which he is disentitled to prove by any provision of the law for the time being in force relating to civil procedure1 . Illustrations (a) A is tried for the murder of B by beating him with a club with the intention of causing his death. At A's trial the following facts are in issue:- A's beating B with the club; A's causing B's death by such beating; A's intention to cause B's death. (b) A suitor does not bring with him, and have in readiness for production at the first hearing of the case, a bond on which he relies. This section does not enable him to produce the bond or prove its contents at a subsequent stage of the proceedings, otherwise than in accordance with the conditions prescribed by the Code of Civil Procedure. _______________________ 1. See now the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 (5 of 1908)