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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 48: Opinion as to existence of right or custom, when relevant
- Section 128: Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence
- Section 16: Existence of course of business when relevant
- Section 163: Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice
- Section 71: Proof when attesting witness denies the execution
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- Post Office Act, 2023
- Farmers (Empowerment and Protection) Agreement on Price Assurance and Farm Services Act, 2020
- Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015
- The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
- Admiralty (Jurisdiction and Settlement of Maritime Claims) Act, 2017
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