BSA · Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 98 — Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts.
Replaces Evidence Act Section 95.
When language used in a document is plain in itself, but is unmeaning in reference to existing facts, evidence may be given to show that it was used in a peculiar sense. Illustration. A sells to B, by deed, “my house in Kolkata”. A had no house in Kolkata, but it appears that he had a house at Howrah, of which B had been in possession since the execution of the deed. These facts may be proved to show that the deed related to the house at Howrah.
Nearby sections
- 95 Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement.
- 96 Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document.
- 97 Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts.
- 99 Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons.
- 100 . Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies.
- 101 Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc.
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