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Out of the following provisions of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, which one provides that no…

Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (which consolidates former sections 126 and 127 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) bars an advocate from disclosing,…

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Out of the following provisions of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, which one provides that no advocate shall at any time be permitted, unless with his client's express consent, to disclose any communication made to him in the course and for the purpose of his professional employment by or on behalf of his client, or to state the contents or condition of any document with which he has become acquainted in the course and for the purpose of such employment, or to disclose any advice given by him to his client in the course and for the purpose of such employment?

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Section 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (which consolidates former sections 126 and 127 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) bars an advocate from disclosing, without his client's express consent, communications, documents or advice from his professional employment, and extends this to interpreters and the clerks or employees of advocates. Section 133 provides that the privilege is not waived by volunteering evidence, sections 134 and 135 deal with confidential communications with legal advisers and production of title-deeds of a witness who is not a party, and sections 138 and 139 deal with accomplices and the number of witnesses.

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