Section 65B of IEA – Section 65B: Admissibility of electronic rec

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART II: ON PROOF

CHAPTER V: OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Section 65B: Admissibility of electronic records.

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Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, any information contained in an electronic record which is printed on a paper, stored, recorded or copied in optical or magnetic media produced by a computer (hereinafter referred to as the computer output) shall be deemed to be also a document, if the conditions mentioned in this section are satisfied in relation to the information and computer in question and shall be admissible in any proceedings, without further proof or production of the original, as evidence or any contents of the original or of any fact stated therein of which direct evidence would be admissible.

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The conditions referred to in sub-section (1)

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Simplified Act

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Even if this Act says otherwise, any information stored in an electronic record (like a computer file) that is printed on paper, saved, recorded, or copied onto a computer disk (called "computer output") will also be considered a document. If certain conditions are met, this computer output can be used as evidence in court without needing to show the original document.

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The conditions tha

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Explanation using examples

Example 1:

Scenario: A bank fraud case involving forged electronic bank statements.

Details: Mr. Sharma is accused of committing fraud by submitting forged electronic bank statements to secure a loan. The bank's legal team presents printed copies of the electronic bank statements as evidence in court.

Application of Section 65B:

The printed copies of the electronic bank statements are admissible as evidence under Section 65B, provided the conditions are met.
The bank's IT department provides a certificate stating that the electronic records were produced by the bank's computer system, which

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Section 65B of IEA : Section 65B: Admissibility of electronic records.

Bare Act

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Simplified Act

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Explanation using examples

Example 1:

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