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Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Section 123

The text of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 is not held here: India Code has no complete official copy of it. The section that replaced it is below.

Source: IndiaCode Portal, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice, Government of India. Check against the official text before relying on it.

Replaced by

The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, Section 129. Evidence as to affairs of State.
No one shall be permitted to give any evidence derived from unpublished official records relating to any affairs of State, except with the permission of the officer at the head of the department concerned, who shall give or withhold such permission as he thinks fit.

Pair from: BPR&D correspondence tables (bprd.mha.gov.in; A. K. Yadav, CAPT Bhopal)