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Section 160 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
Indian Evidence Act, 1872
160. Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 159
A witness may also testify to facts mentioned in any such document as is mentioned is section 159, although he has no specific recollection of the facts themselves, if he is sure that the facts were correctly recorded in the document.
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A book- keeper may testify to facts recorded by him in books regularly kept in the course of business, if he know that the books were correctly kept, although he has forgotten the particular transactions entered.
Related Sections
- Section 93: Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
- Section 21: Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf
- Section 43: Judgment, etc., other than those mentioned in sections 40 to 42, when relevant
- Section 161: Right of adverse party as to writing used to refresh memory
- Section 123: Evidence as to affairs of State
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- Specified Bank Notes (Cessation of Liabilities) Act, 2017
- Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Rashtriya Raksha University Act, 2020
- Code of Criminal Procedure Act, 1973
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