| PREAMBLE | Read → |
| PART I | RELEVANCY OF FACTS |
| CHAPTER I | PRELIMINARY |
| SECTION 1 | Short title.Read → |
| SECTION 2 | Repeal of enactments.Read → |
| SECTION 3 | Interpretation-clause.Read → |
| SECTION 4 | “May presume”.Read → |
| CHAPTER II | OF THE RELEVANCY OF FACTS |
| SECTION 5 | Evidence may be given of facts in issue and relevant facts.Read → |
| SECTION 6 | Relevancy of facts forming part of same transaction.Read → |
| SECTION 7 | Facts which are the occasion, cause or effect of facts in issue.Read → |
| SECTION 8 | Motive, preparation and previous or subsequent conduct.Read → |
| SECTION 9 | Facts necessary to explain or introduce relevant facts.Read → |
| SECTION 10 | Things said or done by conspirator in reference to common design.Read → |
| SECTION 11 | When facts not otherwise relevant become relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 12 | In suits for damages, facts tending to enable Court to determine amount are relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 13 | Facts relevant when right or custom is in question.Read → |
| SECTION 14 | Facts showing existence of state of mind, or of body of bodily feeling.Read → |
| SECTION 15 | Facts bearing on question whether act was accidental or intentional.Read → |
| SECTION 16 | Existence of course of business when relevant.Read → |
| SUB-HEADING | ADMISSIONS |
| SECTION 17 | Admission defined.Read → |
| SECTION 18 | Admission by party to proceeding or his agent.Read → |
| SECTION 19 | Admissions by persons whose position must be proved as against party to suit.Read → |
| SECTION 20 | Admissions by persons expressly referred to by party to suit.Read → |
| SECTION 21 | Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf.Read → |
| SECTION 22 | When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 22A | When oral admission as to contents of electronic records are relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 23 | Admissions in civil cases when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 24 | Confession caused by inducement, threat or promise, when irrelevant in criminal proceeding.Read → |
| SECTION 25 | Confession to police-officer not to be proved.Read → |
| SECTION 26 | Confession by accused while in custody of police not to be proved against him.Read → |
| SECTION 27 | How much of information received from accused may be proved.Read → |
| SECTION 28 | Confession made after removal of impression caused by inducement, threat or promise, relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 29 | Confession otherwise relevant not to become irrelevant because of promise of secrecy, etc.Read → |
| SECTION 30 | Consideration of proved confession affecting person making it and others jointly under trial for same offence.Read → |
| SECTION 31 | Admissions not conclusive proof, but may estop.Read → |
| SUB-HEADING | STATEMENTS BY PERSONS WHO CANNOT BE CALLED AS WITNESSES |
| SECTION 32 | Cases in which statement of relevant fact by person who is dead or cannot be found, etc., is relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 33 | Relevancy of certain evidence for proving, in subsequent proceeding, the truth of facts therein stated.Read → |
| SUB-HEADING | STATEMENTS MADE UNDER SPECIAL CIRCUMSTANCES |
| SECTION 34 | Entries in books of account when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 35 | Relevancy of entry in public record made in performance of duty.Read → |
| SECTION 36 | Relevancy of statements in maps, charts and plans.Read → |
| SECTION 37 | Relevancy of statement as to fact of public nature contained in certain Acts or notifications.Read → |
| SECTION 38 | Relevancy of statements as to any law contained in law-books.Read → |
| SUB-HEADING | HOW MUCH OF A STATEMENT IS TO BE PROVED |
| SECTION 39 | What evidence to be given when statement forms part of a conversation, document, electronic record, book or series of letters or papers.Read → |
| SUB-HEADING | JUDGMENTS OF COURTS OF JUSTICE WHEN RELEVANT |
| SECTION 40 | Previous judgments relevant to bar a second suit or trial.Read → |
| SECTION 41 | Relevancy of certain judgments in probate, etc., jurisdiction.Read → |
| SECTION 42 | Relevancy and effect of judgments, orders or decrees, other than those mentioned in section 41.Read → |
| SECTION 43 | Judgments, etc., other than those mentioned in sections 40, 41 and 42, when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 44 | Fraud or collusion in obtaining judgment, or incompetency of Court, may be proved.Read → |
| SECTION 45 | Opinions of experts.Read → |
| SECTION 45A | Opinion of Examiner of Electronic Evidence.Read → |
| SECTION 46 | Facts bearing upon opinions of experts.Read → |
| SECTION 47 | Opinion as to hand-writing, when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 47A | Opinion as to digital signature, when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 48 | Opinion as to existence of right or custom, when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 49 | Opinion as to usages, tenets, etc., when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 50 | Opinion on relationship, when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 51 | Grounds of opinion, when relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 52 | In civil cases character to prove conduct imputed, irrelevant.Read → |
| SECTION 53 | In criminal cases previous good character relevant.Read → |
| SECTION 53A | Evidence of character or previous sexual experience not relevant in certain cases.Read → |
| SECTION 54 | Previous bad character not relevant, except in reply.Read → |
| SECTION 55 | Character as affecting damages.Read → |
| PART II | |
| CHAPTER III | FACTS WHICH NEED NOT BE PROVED |
| SECTION 56 | Fact judicially noticeable need not be proved.Read → |
| SECTION 57 | Facts of which Court must take judicial notice.Read → |
| SECTION 58 | Facts admitted need not be proved.Read → |
| CHAPTER IV | OF ORAL EVIDENCE |
| SECTION 59 | Proof of facts by oral evidence.Read → |
| SECTION 60 | Oral evidence must be direct.Read → |
| CHAPTER V | OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE |
| SECTION 61 | Proof of contents of documents.Read → |
| SECTION 62 | Primary evidence.Read → |
| SECTION 63 | Secondary evidence.Read → |
| SECTION 64 | Proof of documents by primary evidence.Read → |
| SECTION 65 | Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given.Read → |
| SECTION 65A | Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record.Read → |
| SECTION 65B | Admissibility of electronic records.Read → |
| SECTION 66 | Rules as to notice to produce.Read → |
| SECTION 67 | Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced.Read → |
| SECTION 67A | Proof as to signature.Read → |
| SECTION 68 | Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested.Read → |
| SECTION 69 | Proof where no attesting witness found.Read → |
| SECTION 70 | Admission of execution by party to attested document.Read → |
| SECTION 71 | Proof when attesting witness denies the execution.Read → |
| SECTION 72 | Proof of document not required by law to be attested.Read → |
| SECTION 73 | Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved.Read → |
| SECTION 73A | Proof as to verification of digital signature.Read → |
| SECTION 74 | Public documents.Read → |
| SECTION 75 | Private documents.Read → |
| SECTION 76 | Certified copies of public documents.Read → |
| SECTION 77 | Proof of documents by production of certified copies.Read → |
| SECTION 78 | Proof of other official documents.Read → |
| SUB-HEADING | PRESUMPTIONS AS TO DOCUMENTS |
| SECTION 79 | Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies.Read → |
| SECTION 80 | Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence.Read → |
| SECTION 81 | Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents.Read → |
| SECTION 81A | Presumption as to Gazettes in electronic forms.Read → |
| SECTION 82 | Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature.Read → |
| SECTION 83 | Presumption as to maps or plans made by authority of Government.Read → |
| SECTION 84 | Presumption as to collections of laws and reports of decisions.Read → |
| SECTION 85 | Presumption as to powers-of-attorney.Read → |
| SECTION 85A | Presumption as to electronic agreements.Read → |
| SECTION 85B | Presumption as to electronic records and electronic signatures.Read → |
| SECTION 85C | Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates.Read → |
| SECTION 86 | Presumption as to certified copies of foreign judicial records.Read → |
| SECTION 87 | Presumption as to books, maps and charts.Read → |
| SECTION 88 | Presumption as to telegraphic messages.Read → |
| SECTION 88A | Presumption as to electronic messages.Read → |
| SECTION 89 | Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced.Read → |
| SECTION 90 | Presumption as to documents thirty years old.Read → |
| SECTION 90A | Presumption as to electronic records five years old.Read → |
| CHAPTER VI | OF THE EXCLUSION OF ORAL BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE |
| SECTION 91 | Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other dispositions of property reduced to form of document.Read → |
| SECTION 92 | Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement.Read → |
| SECTION 93 | Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document.Read → |
| SECTION 94 | Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts.Read → |
| SECTION 95 | Evidence as to document unmeaning reference to existing facts.Read → |
| SECTION 96 | Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons.Read → |
| SECTION 97 | Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies.Read → |
| SECTION 98 | Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc.Read → |
| SECTION 99 | Who may give evidence of agreement varying terms of document.Read → |
| SECTION 100 | Saving of provisions of Indian Succession Act relating to wills.Read → |
| PART III | PRODUCTION AND EFFECT OF EVIDENCE |
| CHAPTER VII | OF THE BURDEN OF PROOF |
| SECTION 101 | Burden of proof.Read → |
| SECTION 102 | On whom burden of proof lies.Read → |
| SECTION 103 | Burden of proof as to particular fact.Read → |
| SECTION 104 | Burden of proving fact to be proved to make evidence admissible.Read → |
| SECTION 105 | Burden of proving that case of accused comes within exceptions.Read → |
| SECTION 106 | Burden of proving fact especially within knowledge.Read → |
| SECTION 107 | Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years.Read → |
| SECTION 108 | Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years.Read → |
| SECTION 109 | Burden of proof as to relationship in the cases of partners, landlord and tenant, principal and agent.Read → |
| SECTION 110 | Burden of proof as to ownership.Read → |
| SECTION 111 | Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence.Read → |
| SECTION 111A | Presumption as to certain offences.Read → |
| SECTION 112 | Birth during marriage, conclusive proof of legitimacy.Read → |
| SECTION 113 | Proof of cession of territory.Read → |
| SECTION 113A | Presumption as to abetment of suicide by a married woman.Read → |
| SECTION 113B | Presumption as to dowry death.Read → |
| SECTION 114 | Court may presume existence of certain facts.Read → |
| SECTION 114A | Presumption as to absence of consent in certain prosecution for rape.Read → |
| SUB-HEADING | STATE AMENDMENTRead → |
| SECTION 114B | Presumption as to offences committed under section 354, section 354A, section 354B, section 354C, section 354D, section 509, section 509A or section 509B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.Read → |
| CHAPTER VIII | ESTOPPEL |
| SECTION 115 | Estoppel.Read → |
| SECTION 116 | Estoppel of tenants and of licensee of person in possession.Read → |
| SECTION 117 | Estoppel of acceptor of bill of exchange, bailee or licensee.Read → |
| CHAPTER IX | OF WITNESSES |
| SECTION 118 | Who may testify.Read → |
| SECTION 119 | Witness unable to communicate verbally.Read → |
| SECTION 120 | Parties to civil suit, and their wives or husbands. Husband or wife of person under criminal trial.Read → |
| SECTION 121 | Judges and Magistrates.Read → |
| SECTION 122 | Communications during marriage.Read → |
| SECTION 123 | Evidence as to affairs of State.Read → |
| SECTION 124 | Official communications.Read → |
| SECTION 125 | Information as to commission of offences.Read → |
| SECTION 126 | Professional communications.Read → |
| SECTION 127 | Section 126 to apply to interpreters, etc.Read → |
| SECTION 128 | Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence.Read → |
| SECTION 129 | Confidential communications with legal advisers.Read → |
| SECTION 130 | Production of title-deeds of witness not a party.Read → |
| SECTION 131 | Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce.Read → |
| SECTION 132 | Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate.Read → |
| SECTION 133 | Accomplice.Read → |
| SECTION 134 | Number of witnesses.Read → |
| CHAPTER X | OF THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES |
| SECTION 135 | Order of production and examination of witnesses.Read → |
| SECTION 136 | Judge to decide as to admissibility of evidence.Read → |
| SECTION 137 | Examination-in-chief.Read → |
| SECTION 138 | Order of examinations.Read → |
| SECTION 139 | Cross-examination of person called to produce a document.Read → |
| SECTION 140 | Witnesses to character.Read → |
| SECTION 141 | Leading questions.Read → |
| SECTION 142 | When they must not be asked.Read → |
| SECTION 143 | When they may be asked.Read → |
| SECTION 144 | Evidence as to matters in writing.Read → |
| SECTION 145 | Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing.Read → |
| SECTION 146 | Questions lawful in cross-examination.Read → |
| SECTION 147 | When witness to be compelled to answer.Read → |
| SECTION 148 | Court to decide when question shall be asked and when witness compelled to answer.Read → |
| SECTION 149 | Question not to be asked without reasonable grounds.Read → |
| SECTION 150 | Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds.Read → |
| SECTION 151 | Indecent and scandalous questions.Read → |
| SECTION 152 | Questions intended to insult or annoy.Read → |
| SECTION 153 | Exclusion of evidence to contradict answers to questions testing veracity.Read → |
| SECTION 154 | Question by party to his own witness.Read → |
| SECTION 155 | Impeaching credit of witness.Read → |
| SECTION 156 | Questions tending to corroborate evidence of relevant fact, admissible.Read → |
| SECTION 157 | Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact.Read → |
| SECTION 158 | What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 32 or 33.Read → |
| SECTION 159 | Refreshing memory.Read → |
| SECTION 160 | Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 159.Read → |
| SECTION 161 | Right of adverse party as to writing used to refresh memory.Read → |
| SECTION 162 | Production of documents.Read → |
| SECTION 163 | Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice.Read → |
| SECTION 164 | Using, as evidence, of document production of which was refused on notice.Read → |
| SECTION 165 | Judge’s power to put questions or order production.Read → |
| SECTION 166 | Power of jury or assessors to put questions.Read → |
| CHAPTER XI | OF IMPROPER ADMISSION AND REJECTION OF EVIDENCE |
| SECTION 167 | No new trial for improper admission or rejection of evidence.Read → |
| SCHEDULE SCHEDULE | Schedule - Enactments repealedRead → |
