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Section 124 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

124. Official communications

No public officer shall be compelled to disclose communications made to him in official confidence, when he considers that the public interests would suffer by the disclosure.

Related Sections

Section 140: Witnesses to character
Section 65: Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given
Section 9: Facts necessary to explain or introduce relevant facts
Section 144: Evidence as to matters in writing
Section 3: Interpretation clause

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