INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
137. Examination-in-chief. Cross-examination. Re-examination.
142. Examination of witnesses.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
137. Examination-in-chief. –– The examination of witness by the party who calls him shall be called
his examination-in-chief.
Cross-examination. –– The examination of a witness by the adverse party shall be called his
cross-examination.
Re-examination. ––The examination of a witness, subsequent to the cross-examination by the party
who called him, shall be called his re-examination.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
142. Examination of witnesses.—(1) The examination of a witness by the party who calls him shall
be called his examination-in-chief.
(2) The examination of a witness by the adverse party shall be called his cross-examination.
(3) The examination of a witness, subsequent to the cross-examination, by the party who called him,
shall be called his re-examination.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023