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Section 158 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
158. What matters may be proved in connection with proved statement relevant under section 32 or 33
Whenever any statement, relevant under section 32 or 33, is proved, all matters may be proved either in order to contradict or to corroborate it, or in order to impeach or confirm the credit of the person by whom it was made, which might have been proved if that person had been called as a witness and had denied upon cross –examination the truth of the matter suggested.
Related Sections
- Section 4: "May presume"
- Section 82: Presumption as to document admissible in England without proof of seal or signature
- Section 60: Oral evidence must be direct
- Section 48: Opinion as to existence of right or custom, when relevant
- Section 107: Burden of proving death of person known to have been alive within thirty years
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