Section 96 Earlier Evidence Act 93
Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
Chapter 6: Of the exclusion of oral evidence by documentary evidence
When the language used in a document is, on its face, ambiguous or defective, evidence may not be given of facts which would show its meaning or supply its defects.
Illustrations.
(a) A agrees, in writing, to sell a horse to B for “one lakh rupees or one lakh fifty thousand rupees”. Evidence cannot be given to show which price was to be given.
(b) A deed contains blanks. Evidence cannot be given of facts which would show how they were meant to be filled.
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.
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- 95Exclusion of evidence of oral agreementEvidence Act 92
- 97Exclusion of evidence against application of document to existing factsEvidence Act 94
- 98Evidence as to document unmeaning in reference to existing factsEvidence Act 95
- 99Evidence as to application of language which can apply to one only of several personsEvidence Act 96
- 100Evidence as to application of language to one of two sets of facts, to neither of which the whole correctly appliesEvidence Act 97