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Section 132 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
132. Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminate
A witness shall not be excused from answering any question as to any matter relevant to the matter in issue in any suit or in any civil or criminal proceeding, upon the ground that the answer to such question will criminate, or may tend directly or indirectly to criminate, such witness, or that it will expose, or tend directly or indirectly to expose, such witness to a penalty or forfeiture of any kind:
Proviso Provided that no such answer, which a witness shall be compelled to give, shall subject him to any arrest or prosecution, or be proved against him in any criminal proceeding, except a prosecution for giving false evidence by such answer.
Related Sections
- Section 17: Admission defined
- Section 39: What evidence to be given when statement forms part of a conversation, document, electronic record, book or series of letters or papers.
- Section 111: Proof of good faith in transactions where one party is in relation of active confidence
- Section 124: Official communications
- Section 65: Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given
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