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Section 50 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
50. Character as Affecting damages.
In civil cases, the fact that the character of any person is such as to affect the amount of damages which he ought to receive, is relevant.
Explanation.-In this section and sections 46, 47 and 49, the word "character" includes both reputation and disposition; but, except as provided in section 49, evidence may be given only of general reputation and general disposition, and not of particular acts by which reputation or disposition has been shown.
Related Sections
- Section 33: What evidence to be given when statement forms part of a conversation, document, electronic record, book or series of letters or papers
- Section 89: Presumption as to books, maps and charts
- Section 147: Evidence as to matters in writing
- Section 168: Judge's power to put questions or order production
- Section 36: Relevancy and effect of judgments, orders or decrees, other than those mentioned in section 35
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