BSA Section 97: Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing facts
Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 · Chapter 6: Of the Exclusion of Oral Evidence by Documentary Evidence
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97. When language used in a document is plain in itself,and when it applies accurately to existing facts, evidence may not be given to show that it was not meant to apply to such facts.
Illustration.
A sells to B, by deed, "my estate at Rampur containing one hundred bighas". A has an estate at Rampur containing one hundred bighas. Evidence may not be given of the fact that the estate meant to be sold was one situated at a different place and of a different size.
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
- 96. Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
- 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