INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
145. Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing.
148. Cross examination as to previous statements in writing.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
145. Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing. –– A witness may be cross-
examined as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing, and relevant to
matters in question, without such writing being shown to him, or being proved; but, if it is intended to
contradict him by the writing, his attention must, before the writing can be proved, be called to those parts
of it which are to be used for the purpose of contradicting him.
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
148. Cross-examination as to previous statements in writing.—A witness may be cross-examined
as to previous statements made by him in writing or reduced into writing, and relevant to matters in
question, without such writing being shown to him, or being proved; but, if it is intended to contradict
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him by the writing, his attention must, before the writing can be proved, be called to those parts of it
which are to be used for the purpose of contradicting him.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023