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Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, oral account of the content of a document is admissible

Under Evidence Act s.63(5) (now BSA s.58(v)), an oral account of a document's contents is admissible as secondary evidence only from a person who has himself perceived, that…

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Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, oral account of the content of a document is admissible

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Under Evidence Act s.63(5) (now BSA s.58(v)), an oral account of a document's contents is admissible as secondary evidence only from a person who has himself perceived, that is seen and read, the document, not from someone who merely had it read out to him.

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