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Section 118 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
118. Who may testify
All persons shall be competent to testify unless the Court considers that they are prevented form understanding the question put to them, or from giving rational answers to those questions, by tender years, extreme old age, disease, whether of body or mind, or any other cause of the same kind.
Explanation – A lunatic is not incompetent to testify, unless he is prevented by his Lunacy from understanding the questions put to him and giving rational answers to them.
Related Sections
- Section 79: Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies
- Section 139: Cross-examination of person called to produce a document
- Section 146: Questions lawful in cross-examination
- Section 50: Opinion on relationship, when relevant
- Section 107: Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years
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