Section 33: What evidence to be given when statement forms part of a conversation, document, electronic record, book or series of letters or papers

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

Questions on this section

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1. 1. Under Section 33 of the BSA, when a statement of which evidence is given forms part of a longer statement, a conversation or a connected series of letters, evidence is to be given of:

   A.only the part of it that the party tendering the statement chooses to rely upon in support of his own caseB.only so much as the Court thinks necessary to understand fully its nature, effect and the circumstances of its makingC.the whole of the longer statement or conversation in every case, whatever its length or its relevance to the caseD.only the part of it to which the opposite party gives consent before the evidence of the witness is recorded
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