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Section 111 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
111. Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years.
When the question is whether a man is alive or dead, and it is proved that he has not been heard of for seven years by those who would naturally have heard of him if he had been alive, the burden of proving that he is alive is shifted to the person who affirms it.
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- Section 167: Using, as evidence, of document production of which was refused on notice
- Section 75: Certified copies of public documents
- Section 154: Indecent and scandalous questions
- Section 24: Consideration of proved confession affecting person making it and others jointly under trial for same offence
- Section 110: Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years
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