BSA Section 1 — Short title, application and commencement
CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY
General
Summary
Sub-section (1) gives the official name of this law: the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
Sub-section (2) states that this law applies to all judicial proceedings in or before any Court, including Courts-martial. However, it does not apply to affidavits presented to any Court or officer, nor to proceedings before an arbitrator.
Sub-section (3) states that the law will come into force on a date that the Central Government appoints by a notification in the Official Gazette.
Official Text
–
(1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
(2) It applies to all judicial proceedings in or before any Court, including Courts-martial, but not to affidavits presented to any Court or officer, nor to proceedings before an arbitrator.
(3) It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
Related Judgments
- THE STATE OF MEGHALAYA vs MELVIN SOHLANGPIAW — Supreme Court of India (2020)
- INDEPENDENT SCHOOLS’ FEDERATION OF INDIA (REGD.) vs UNION OF INDIA AND ANOTHER — Supreme Court of India (2022)
- SR. SUPERINTENDENT OF POST OFFICES vs GURSEWAK SINGH & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2019)
- CPL ASHISH KUMAR CHAUHAN (RETD.) vs COMMANDING OFFICER & ORS — Supreme Court of India (2023)
