BSA · Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 107 — Burden of proving fact to be proved to make evidence admissible.
Replaces Evidence Act Section 104.
The burden of proving any fact necessary to be proved in order to enable any person to give evidence of any other fact is on the person who wishes to give such evidence Illustrations. (a) A wishes to prove a dying declaration by B. A must prove B's death. (b) A wishes to prove, by secondary evidence, the contents of a lost document. A must prove that the document has been lost.
Nearby sections
- 104 Burden of proof.
- 105 On whom burden of proof lies.
- 106 Burden of proof as to particular fact.
- 108 Burden of proving that case of accused comes within exceptions.
- 109 Burden of proving fact especially within knowledge.
- 110 Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years.
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