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SECTION 1-THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT

THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT

(ACT NO. 1 OF 1872)

(AS MODIFIED UP-TO-DATE)

Received the Governor-General’s Assent on March 15, 1872

Preamble.- Whereas it is expedient to consolidate, define and amend the law of Evidence; it is hereby enacted as follows:-

       PART I

RELEVANCY OF FACTS

      CHAPTER I

PRELIMINARY

SECTION 1.—SHORT title, extent and commencement.-  This Act may be called the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

It extends to the whole of India except the State of Jammu and Kashmir applies to all judicial proceedings in or before any court, including Courts-martial other than Courts-martial convened under the Army Act (44 & 45 Vict., 58), The Naval Discipline Act (29 & 30 Vict., c. 109) or the Indian Navy (Discipline) Act, 1934 (34 of 1934) or the Air Force Act (7 Geo. 5, c. 51) but not to affidavits presented to any Court or Officer, not to proceedings before an arbitrator;

And it shall come into force on the first day of September, 1872.

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