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Section 109 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
109. Burden of proving fact especially within knowledge.
When any fact is especially within the knowledge of any person, the burden of proving that fact is upon him.
Illustrations.
(a) When a person does an act with some intention other than that which the character and circumstances of the act suggest, the burden of proving that intention is upon him.
(b) A is charged with travelling on a railway without a ticket. The burden of proving that he had a ticket is on him.
Related Sections
- Section 94: Evidence of terms of contracts, grants and other dispositions of property reduced to form of document
- Section 163: Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 162
- Section 98: Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing facts
- Section 19: Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf
- Section 15: Admission defined
Related Acts
- Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Act, 2018
- India International Arbitration Centre Act, 2019
- Union Territory Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017
- Collection of Statistics (Amendment) Act, 2017
* Only for reference.