INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
124. Official communications.
130. Official communications.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
124. Official communications.––No public officer shall be compelled to disclose communications
made to him in official confidence, when he considers that the public interests would suffer by the
disclosure.
1. Subs. by Act 13 of 2013, s. 27 for s. 119 (w.e.f. 3-2-2013).
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Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
130. Official communications.—No public officer shall be compelled to disclose communications
made to him in official confidence, when he considers that the public interests would suffer by the
disclosure.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023