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PART IV PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE · CHAPTER IX OF WITNESSES

Section 126: Competency of husband and wife as witnesses in certain cases

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

(1) In all civil proceedings the parties to the suit, and the husband or wife of any party to the suit, shall be competent witnesses.

(2) In criminal proceedings against any person, the husband or wife of such person, respectively, shall be a competent witness.

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

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