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Finin2min Part 3

BSA Exact Electronic-evidence Provisions

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Official-source capture, professional interpretation, examples and practical controls.

Section 1

Preliminary — short title, extent and commencement of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.

Section 61

Electronic or digital record cannot be denied admissibility merely because it is electronic; subject to Section 63, it has the same legal effect as any other document.

Section 62

Contents of an electronic record may be proved in accordance with Section 63, applying the general documentary-evidence procedure.

Section 63

Computer output (printed, stored or otherwise recorded electronic information) is deemed a document and admissible without further proof of the original if the section’s conditions are satisfied — the successor to the old Section 65B certificate regime.