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Which provision of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 prescribes the conditions for admitting…

Section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, sets the conditions for admitting information from an electronic record as a computer output without producing the…

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Which provision of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 prescribes the conditions for admitting information from an electronic record in the form of a computer output?

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Section 63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, sets the conditions for admitting information from an electronic record as a computer output without producing the original. Subsection (4) requires the prescribed certificate when offering the output in evidence under this section. Section 62 directs proof of electronic-record contents to section 63.

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Option A

Incorrect because Section 60 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 65 IEA) specifies the cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given.

Option B

Incorrect because Section 62 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 65A IEA) merely states that the contents of electronic records may be proved in accordance with the provisions of Section 63.

Option C

Section 63 prescribes the conditions for admitting a computer output, including the certificate required by subsection (4). It corresponds to former section 65B of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

Option D

Incorrect because Section 64 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (formerly Section 66 IEA) provides the rules as to notice to produce a document.

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