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CHAPTER IX.––OF WITNESSES

Section 131: Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

1[No one shall be compelled to produce documents in his possession or electronic records under his control, which any other person would be entitled to refuse to produce if they were in his possession or control, unless such last-mentioned person consents to their production.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 92 and the Second Schedule, for Section 131 (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).

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

131. Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce.BSA 136

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. Under Section 136 of the BSA, no one shall be compelled to produce documents in his possession, or electronic records under his control, which any other person would be entitled to refuse to produce if they were in that other person's possession or control, unless:

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