Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter VI: Of the Exclusion of Oral by Documentary Evidence
Section 100: Saving of provisions of Indian Succession Act relating to wills
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
Nothing in this Chapter affects the provisions of the Indian Succession Act on interpreting wills.
A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.
Official text
Nothing in this Chapter contained shall be taken to affect any of the provisions of the Indian Succession Act, 1865 1(10 of 1865) as to the construction of wills.
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Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.
Supreme Court judgments citing the section 100
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