BSA Section 96: Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 · Chapter 6: Of the Exclusion of Oral Evidence by Documentary Evidence
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96. When the language used in a document is, on its face, ambiguous or defective, evidence may not be given of facts which would show its meaning or supply its defects.
Illustrations.
(a) A agrees, in writing, to sell a horse to B for "one lakh rupees or one lakh fifty thousand rupees". Evidence cannot be given to show which price was to be given.
(b) A deed contains blanks. Evidence cannot be given of facts which would show how they were meant to be filled.
Bare act text for reference, current to 1 July 2024. It is not legal advice; check the official gazette for authoritative text.
Other sections in this chapter
- 94. Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other dispositions of property reduced to form of document
- 95. Exclusion of evidence of oral agreement
- 97. Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts
- 98. Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts
- 99. Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several persons
- 100. Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly applies
- 101. Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc
- 102. Who may give evidence of agreement varying terms of document
- 103. Saving of provisions of Indian Succession Act relating to wills