124. All persons shall be competent to testify unless the Court considers that they are prevented from understanding the questions put to them, or from giving rational answers to those questions, by tender years, extreme old age, disease, whether of body or mind, or any other cause of the same kind. Explanation.—A person of unsound mind is not incompetent to testify, unless he is prevented by his unsoundness of mind from understanding the questions put to him and giving rational answers to them.
BSA Section 124: Who may testify
Section 124 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 deals with who may testify. It replaces Evidence Act 118 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.
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Text of BSA Section 124
Evidence Act sections replaced
- Evidence Act 118: Who may testify
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