BSA Section 126: Competency of husband and wife as witnesses in certain cases
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 · Chapter 9: Of Witnesses
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126.
(1) In all civil proceedings the parties to the suit, and the husband or wife of any party to the suit, shall be competent witnesses.
(2) In criminal proceedings against any person, the husband or wife of such person, respectively, shall be a competent witness.
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Other sections in this chapter
- 124. Who may testify
- 125. Witness unable to communicate verbally
- 127. Judges and Magistrates
- 128. Communications during marriage
- 129. Evidence as to affairs of State
- 130. Official communications
- 131. Information as to commission of offences
- 132. Professional communications
- 133. Privilege not waived by volunteering evidence
- 134. Confidential communication with legal advisers
- 135. Production of title-deeds of witness not a party
- 136. Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce
- 137. Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate
- 138. Accomplice
- 139. Number of witnesses