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Chapter I · Preliminary

1Short title, application and commencement

Section 1 · Part I · Chapter I

(1)This Act may be called the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.

(2)It applies to all judicial proceedings in or before any Court, including Courts-martial, but not to affidavits presented to any Court or officer, nor to proceedings before an arbitrator.

(3)It shall come into force on such date¹ as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.

1 1st day of July, 2024, vide notification No. S.O. 849(E), dated, 23rd February, 2024, see Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, sec. 3(ii).

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