Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 45, BSA: Grounds of opinion, when relevant
Section 45 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, in the Act's own words, with the Evidence Act provision it replaces.
What it replaces
| BSA provision | Evidence Act provision | Relation |
|---|---|---|
| Section 45 | Section 51 | corresponds |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: Evidence Act to BSA.
The section
45. Grounds of opinion, when relevant.
Whenever the opinion of any living person is relevant, the grounds on which such opinion is based are also relevant. Illustrations. An expert may give an account of experiments performed by him for the purpose of forming his opinion.The text is India Code's consolidated text as loaded into Pundora's statute corpus on 1 September 2026. A section quoted in a draft checked by Pundora is checked against this text.
Sources
- India Code: Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, section 45 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BSA to Evidence Act (read 1 September 2026)