Repealed or not in force · As amended up to 2026-08
EVIDENCE ACT, 1837
ACT NO. XIX. OF 1837
[7th August , 1837.]
Passed by the Right Hon'ble the Governor General of India in Council on the 7th August, 1837 .
I T is hereby enacted, that no person shall, by reason of any conviction for any offence whatever, be incompetent to be a witness in any stage of any cause, Civil or Criminal, before any Court, in the territories of the East India Company.
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Source: India Code