Evidence Act 118 vs BSA 124: Who may testify
Section 118 of the Indian Evidence Act is now section 124 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, in force from 1 July 2024. 97% of the old wording is kept; 2 words removed and 7 words added.
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Evidence Act section 118Who may testify
All persons shall be competent to testify unless the Court considers that they are prevented from understanding the questions put to them, or from giving rational answers to those questions, by tender years, extreme old age, disease, whether of body or mind, or any other cause of the same kind. Explanation.—A lunatic is not incompetent to testify, unless he is prevented by his lunacy from understanding the questions put to him and giving rational answers to them.
BSA section 124Who may testify
All persons shall be competent to testify unless the Court considers that they are prevented from understanding the questions put to them, or from giving rational answers to those questions, by tender years, extreme old age, disease, whether of body or mind, or any other cause of the same kind. Explanation.—A person of unsound mind is not incompetent to testify, unless he is prevented by his unsoundness of mind from understanding the questions put to him and giving rational answers to them.
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