INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
160. Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section159.
163. Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
160. Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 159.––A witness may also testify
to facts mentioned in any such document as is mentioned in section 159, although he has no specific
recollection of the facts themselves, if he is sure that the facts were correctly recorded in the document.
Illustration
A book-keeper may testify to facts recorded by him in books regularly kept in the course of business,
if he knows that the books were correctly kept, although he has forgotten the particular transactions
entered.
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Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
163. Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162.—A witness may also
testify to facts mentioned in any such document as is mentioned in section 162, although he has no
specific recollection of the facts themselves, if he is sure that the facts were correctly recorded in the
document.
Illustration.
A book-keeper may testify to facts recorded by him in books regularly kept in the course of business,
if he knows that the books were correctly kept, although he has forgotten the particular transactions
entered.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023