BNSS · Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
Section 333 — Authorities before whom affidavits may be sworn.
Replaces CrPC Section 297.
(1) Affidavits to be used before any Court under this Sanhita may be sworn or affirmed before--- (a) any Judge or Judicial or Executive Magistrate; or (b) any Commissioner of Oaths appointed by a High Court or Court of Session; or (c) any notary appointed under the Notaries Act, 1952 (53 of 1952). (2) Affidavits shall be confined to, and shall state separately, such facts as the deponent is able to prove from his own knowledge and such facts as he has reasonable ground to believe to be true, and in the latter case, the deponent shall clearly state the grounds of such belief. (3) The Court may order any scandalous and irrelevant matter in the affidavit to be struck out or amended.
Nearby sections
- 330 No formal proof of certain documents.
- 331 Affidavit in proof of conduct of public servants.
- 332 Evidence of formal character on affidavit.
- 334 Previous conviction or acquittal how proved.
- 335 Record of evidence in absence of accused.
- 336 Evidence of public servants, experts, police officers in certain cases.
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