INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
108. Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years.
111. Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven years.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
108. Burden of proving that person is alive who has not been heard of for seven
years. –– 1[Provided that 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 2[shifted to] the person who affirms it.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
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.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023