New Delhi, Dec 20 (PTI) Following are the key points of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA)-2023, which was passed by the Lok Sabha on Wednesday and seeks to replace the Indian Evidence Act of 1872.

* Two new sections and six new sub-sections have been added in the proposed law

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* Five new explanations are added, four explanations deleted

* Two new provisos are added, 24 provisions are modified

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* Total six sections are deleted

Major Changes:

* Electronic record included in the definition of 'document'

* Statements received electronically included in the definition of 'evidence'

* Added more standards for considering electronic and digital records as primary evidence laying emphasis on its proper custody, storage, transmission, and broadcast

* Added more kinds of secondary evidence to include oral and written admissions and evidence of a skilled person to examine documents which cannot conveniently be examined by court.

* Established the legal admissibility, validity, and enforceability of electronic or digital record as evidence

* Inclusion of husband/wife as competent witness in criminal proceedings against the spouse

* Conviction based on corroborated testimony of accomplice has been made legal

* Comprehensive certificate for submitting electronic evidence added in the schedule

Minor Changes:

* References to colonial terminology done away with

* Language modernized and made gender sensitive.

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