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BSA Section 143: Order of examinations

Section 143 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 deals with order of examinations. It replaces Evidence Act 138 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

Text of BSA Section 143

143. (1) Witnesses shall be first examined-in-chief, then (if the adverse party so desires) cross-examined, then (if the party calling him so desires) re-examined.

(2) The examination-in-chief and cross-examination must relate to relevant facts, but the cross-examination need not be confined to the facts to which the witness testified on his examination-in-chief.

(3) The re-examination shall be directed to the explanation of matters referred to in cross-examination; and, if new matter is, by permission of the Court, introduced in re-examination, the adverse party may further cross-examine upon that matter.

Evidence Act sections replaced

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