If any such question relates to a matter relevant to the suit or proceeding, the provisions of section 132 shall apply thereto.
CHAPTER X.––OF THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES
Section 147: When witness to be compelled to answer
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)
Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.
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
| 147. When witness to be compelled to answer. | BSA 150 |
Questions on this section
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1. Consider the following statements regarding questions put to a witness in cross-examination under Section 149 of the BSA: 1. If such a question relates to a matter relevant to the suit or proceeding, the provisions of Section 137 apply to it. 2. If it relates to a matter not relevant except as affecting the witness's credit by injuring his character, the Court decides whether he shall be compelled to answer, and may warn him that he is not obliged to answer. 3. The Court may draw from the witness's refusal to answer the inference that the answer, if given, would be unfavourable. 4. Such a question is proper even though the imputation relates to matters so remote in time that its truth would hardly affect the Court's opinion of his credibility. Which of the statements given above are correct?