Indian Evidence Act to BSA
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023 replaced the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 on 1 July 2024. It keeps the familiar law of evidence — relevancy, admissions and confessions, burden of proof, examination of witnesses — but renumbers it and expands the treatment of electronic and digital records. This converter gives the BSA equivalent of any Evidence Act section and the reverse, from the official NCRB table.
Frequently cited changes
Key moves include: confession to police / in custody — Sections 25–26 → 23; discovery statement (the “Section 27” exception) — 27 → 23 proviso; dying declaration and statements by dead persons — 32 → 26; expert opinion — 45 → 39; the electronic-record admissibility provision — 65B → 63; presumption of legitimacy — 112 → 116; and the rape-consent presumption — 114A → 120. Provisions like Section 166 (jury questions) are omitted.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the BSA equivalent of Section 65B of the Evidence Act?
- The admissibility of electronic records, earlier Section 65B of the Evidence Act, is now dealt with under Sections 62–63 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.
- When did the BSA come into force?
- The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 came into force on 1 July 2024, replacing the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.