PART I · CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY

Section 1: Short title, application and commencement

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

(1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.

(2) It applies to all judicial proceedings in or before any Court, including Courts-martial, but not to affidavits presented to any Court or officer, nor to proceedings before an arbitrator.

(3) It shall come into force on such date¹ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

Footnotes in the official text

1.1st day of July, 2024, vide notification No. S.O. 849(E), dated, 23rd February, 2024, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

Corresponding Evidence Act provision

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

1	1. Short title. Extent. Commencement of Act.

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1. Under Section 1(2) of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the Adhiniyam does NOT apply to:
2. The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 came into force on

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