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A person's life or death is in issue. Under section 110 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the…

When a person is shown to have been alive within thirty years, section 110 places the burden on the person asserting death. Section 111 instead addresses absence of news for…

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A person's life or death is in issue. Under section 110 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, the burden falls on the party asserting death if the person was shown to be alive within what statutory period?

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When a person is shown to have been alive within thirty years, section 110 places the burden on the person asserting death.

Section 111 instead addresses absence of news for seven years from those who would naturally have heard from the person. Once that is proved, the burden shifts to the person asserting that the person is alive.

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Option A

Section 110 sets the period at thirty years.

Option B

Twenty years is shorter than the period prescribed by section 110.

Option C

Ten years is not the period stated by section 110.

Option D

Seven years belongs to section 111, which shifts the burden to the person asserting life once its no-contact condition is proved.

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