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CHAPTER IX.––OF WITNESSES

Section 127: Section 126 to apply to interpreters, etc

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

The provisions of section 126 shall apply to interpreters, and the clerks or servants of barristers, pleaders, attorneys and vakils.

Now in the BSA

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

127. Section 126 to apply to interpreters, etc.BSA 132(3)

Questions on this section

1 question in 5 of our papers cite Section 127. Try these from the free papers:

  1. 1. Consider the following statements regarding professional communications under Section 132 of the BSA: 1. The obligation not to disclose continues after the professional service has ceased. 2. The section applies to the clerks or employees of advocates but not to interpreters. 3. A fact observed by an advocate in the course of his service, showing that a crime has been committed since its commencement, is not protected from disclosure. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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