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Evidence Act Section 16 in BSA: Section 14

Existence of course of business when relevant

Section 16 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Existence of course of business when relevant) corresponds to Section 14 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, in force from 1 July 2024.

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Text of BSA Section 14

14. When there is a question whether a particular act was done, the existence of any course of business, according to which it naturally would have been done, is a relevant fact. Illustrations. (a) The question is, whether a particular letter was dispatched. The facts that it was the ordinary course of business for all letters put in a certain place to be carried to the post, and that particular letter was put in that place are relevant. (b) The question is, whether a particular letter reached A. The facts that it was posted in due course, and was not returned through the Return Letter Office, are relevant.

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