The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

CHAPTER VI OF THE EXCLUSION OF ORAL EVIDENCE BY DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Section 103: Saving of provisions of Indian Succession Act relating to wills.

Persons who are not parties to a document, or their representatives in interest, may give evidence of any facts tending to show a contemporaneous agreement varying the terms of the document.

Illustration. A and B make a contract in writing that B shall sell A certain cotton, to be paid for on delivery. At the same time, they make an oral agreement that three months’ credit shall be given to A. This could not be shown as between A and B, but it might be shown by C, if it affected his interests.

About The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

An Act to consolidate and to provide for general rules and principles of evidence for fair trial.