INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
120. Parties to civil suit, and their wives or husbands. Husband or wife of person under criminal trial.
126. Competency of husband and wife as witnesses in certain cases.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
120. Parties to civil suit, and their wives or husbands. Husband or wife of person under
criminal trial. –– In all civil proceedings the parties to the suit, and the husband or wife of any party to
the suit, shall be competent witnesses. In criminal proceedings against any person, the husband or wife of
such person, respectively, shall be a competent witness.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
126. Competency of husband and wife as witnesses in certain cases.—(1) In all civil proceedings
the parties to the suit, and the husband or wife of any party to the suit, shall be competent witnesses.
(2) In criminal proceedings against any person, the husband or wife of such person, respectively,
shall be a competent witness.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023