Electronic or digital record
Concerns legal effect of electronic or digital records under the BSA.
Official law source ↗Evidence · LEGAL ISSUE GUIDE
Electronic Evidence / CCTV / WhatsApp
इलेक्ट्रॉनिक साक्ष्य
Find the BSA provisions for electronic and digital records.
Understanding this legal issue
Find the BSA provisions for electronic and digital records.
BSA Section 63 and its certificate framework require careful attention. Do not assume any screenshot is automatically admissible simply because it exists.
Key question: What device or system produced the record, and is the required certificate available?
SELECTED PROVISIONS · NOT AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST
Core evidence provisions
Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record
Directs electronic-record admissibility questions to the statutory framework.
Official law source ↗Admissibility of electronic records
Sets conditions relevant to electronic records and the statutory certificate framework.
Official law source ↗Related digital offences
Identity theft
Criminalises specified dishonest or fraudulent use of another person’s digital identifiers.
Official law source ↗Cheating by personation using computer resources
Addresses specified online or electronic impersonation fraud.
Official law source ↗Rights
Protection of life and personal liberty
Protects life and personal liberty, subject to procedure established by law and constitutional interpretation.
Official law source ↗Before relying on these references: Read the full official law, check sub-sections, schedules, exemptions, dates, special Acts, transition rules and current judicial interpretation. Mentioning a section here does not mean it applies to every fact pattern.