The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

§160 — Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact

In order to corroborate the testimony of a witness, any former statement made by such witness relating to the same fact, at or about the time when the fact took place, or before any authority legally competent to investigate the fact, may be proved.

Old law ⇄ new law

Renumberedold law ⇄ new law

Old lawIEA §157Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact New lawBSA §160Former statements of witness may be proved to corroborate later testimony as to same fact

IEA §157 → BSA §160 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.

Share:WhatsApp Telegram

Source & version

Official text: Gazette of India via MHA (official) ↗

Official Gazette text: The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023), English PDF as hosted by Ministry of Home Affairs (mha.gov.in, file 250882_english_01042024_0.pdf). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest gazette-bbox parser on 2026-07-14. Automated parse; structural validation + spot verification; full clause-level proofread pending.

How we verify this text →

Spotted a mistake in this text or its mapping? Report an issue with BSA §160

Was this page useful for your prep?