Evidence Act · Chapter V · Of documentary evidence

Evidence Act section 65A in the BSA

Evidence Act 65ABSA 62

Evidence Act section 65A, “Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record”, is now BSA section 62 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

What changed

From Evidence Act 65A to BSA 62

The words are the same as in the Evidence Act, apart from “Adhiniyam” for the Act’s own name and the new numbers of the sections it refers to.

The official text

Old and new, side by side

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Section 65A Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record

The contents of electronic records may be proved in accordance with the provisions of section 65B.

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

Section 62 Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record

The contents of electronic records may be proved in accordance with the provisions of section 63.

The texts are India Code’s. The amendment markers and footnotes of the official print are left out, so the old section reads as it stood when it was repealed. The PDFs linked below carry the full history.

Old law or new?

Which one applies to a case

The BSA repealed the Indian Evidence Act from 1 July 2024 (section 170(1)). Any application, trial, inquiry, investigation, proceeding or appeal pending immediately before that date is dealt with under the Evidence Act as it then stood, as if the BSA had not come into force (section 170(2)).