IEA Section 22A (When oral admission as to contents of electronic records are relevant) was not carried into the BSA
Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · applies to offences and proceedings before 1 July 2024
NCRB's official correspondence table lists IEA 22A as deleted (page 11), and BPR&D's gives it no BSA counterpart. There is no provision of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 that replaces it.
IEA 22A: When oral admission as to contents of electronic records are relevant
Before 1 July 2024
Oral admissions as to the contents of electronic records are not relevant, unless the genuineness of the electronic record produced is in question.]
Which one applies
Under section 170(2) of the BSA, an application, trial, inquiry, investigation, proceeding or appeal already pending on 1 July 2024 is dealt with under the Evidence Act; one begun on or after that date, under the BSA.
Read BSA section 170 →Judgments decided under IEA 22A
They still govern offences committed before 1 July 2024. With no BSA counterpart, they do not carry forward.
Sources
- Correspondence Table and Comparison Summary of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 to the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, Bureau of Police Research & Development, Ministry of Home Affairs.
- Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023: bare Act with Corresponding Section Table, National Crime Records Bureau (Sankalan), page 11.
- The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Act 1 of 1872), as amended, India Code, Legislative Department, Ministry of Law and Justice.
BPR&D is the Bureau of Police Research & Development (Ministry of Home Affairs); NCRB the National Crime Records Bureau. Their correspondence tables are training aids, not law. This page is general information, not legal advice on any case; the bare Acts as published by the Government of India are the authority.