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Which of these provisions of the former Indian Evidence Act, 1872 did the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act,…

Section 9 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 amended the proviso to section 146 by adding specified offences. Section 8 of the same amendment Act separately amended…

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Which of these provisions of the former Indian Evidence Act, 1872 did the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 amend?

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Section 9 of the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018 amended the proviso to section 146 by adding specified offences.

Section 8 of the same amendment Act separately amended section 53-A, which is outside the set of listed choices.

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Option A

Section 9 of the 2018 amendment Act expanded the list of offences in the proviso to section 146.

Option B

Section 119 concerned witnesses unable to communicate verbally. The listed 2018 change was made to section 146.

Option C

Section 45-A concerned the opinion of the Examiner of Electronic Evidence. Section 9 of the amendment Act targeted section 146.

Option D

Section 113-A concerned a presumption about abetment of suicide by a married woman. The listed 2018 change was made to section 146.

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