Section 134 Earlier Evidence Act 129
Confidential communication with legal advisers
Chapter 9: Of witnesses
No one shall be compelled to disclose to the Court any confidential communication which has taken place between him and his legal adviser, unless he offers himself as a witness, in which case he may be compelled to disclose any such communications as may appear to the Court necessary to be known in order to explain any evidence which he has given, but no others.
The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (Act No. 47 of 2023). As printed in the Gazette on 25 December 2023. Later amendments, if any, are not included.
Related sections
- 131Information as to commission of offencesEvidence Act 125
- 132Professional communicationsEvidence Act 126
- 133Privilege not waived by volunteering evidenceEvidence Act 128
- 135Production of title-deeds of witness not a partyEvidence Act 130
- 136Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produceEvidence Act 131
- 137Witness not excused from answering on ground that answer will criminateEvidence Act 132