INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
125. Information as to commission of offences.
131. Information as to commission of offences.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
[125. Information as to commission of offences. –– No Magistrate or police-officer shall be
compelled to say whence he got any information as to the commission of any offence, and no revenue-
officer shall be compelled to say whence he got any information as to the commission of any offence
against the public revenue.
Explanation.–– “Revenue-officer” in this section means any officer employed in or about the business
of any branch of the public revenue.]
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
131. Information as to commission of offences.—No Magistrate or police officer shall be
compelled to say when he got any information as to the commission of any offence, and no revenue
officer shall be compelled to say when he got any information as to the commission of any offence
against the public revenue.
Explanation.—“revenue officer” means any officer employed in or about the business of any branch
of the public revenue.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023