Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
Section 91, BSA: Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced
Section 91 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 91 | Section 89 | corresponds |
From the Bureau of Police Research and Development's official comparison summary (source below). The whole table: Evidence Act to BSA.
The section
91. Presumption as to due execution, etc., of documents not produced.
The Court shall presume that every document, called for and not produced after notice to produce, was attested, stamped and executed in the manner required by law.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 91 (read 1 September 2026)
- Bureau of Police Research and Development: comparison summary, BSA to Evidence Act (read 1 September 2026)