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Which one of the following Sections of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 provides for admissibility…

Section 60 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 65 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) sets out the "cases in which secondary evidence relating to…

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Which one of the following Sections of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 provides for admissibility of secondary evidence ?

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Section 60 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly section 65 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872) sets out the "cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given", such as when the original is in the possession of the opposite party, has been lost or destroyed, or is a public document.

Section 55 requires oral evidence to be direct, section 56 allows contents to be proved by primary or secondary evidence, and section 58 only defines secondary evidence.

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