VidhiSangh

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Section 98: Evidence as to meaning of illegible characters, etc

Repealed. Repealed from 1 July 2024. Use it for proceedings preserved by BSA section 170, including specified matters that were pending immediately before commencement.

Part II — On Proof

98. Evidence may be given to show the meaning of illegible or not commonly intelligible characters, of foreign, obsolete, technical, local and provincial expressions, of abbreviations and of words used in a peculiar sense.

Illustration A, sculptor, agrees to sell to B, ―all my mods‖. A has both models and modelling tools. Evidence may be given to show which he meant to sell.

Source: official text of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.