1 of 1872

 

 THE SECOND SCHEDULE

(See section 16)

AMENDMENT TO THE INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT 1872 

Insertion of new section 45A

 

After section 45, the following section shall be inserted, namely: - 

 

Opinion of Examiner of Digital Evidence 

 

 

45A.  When the court has to form an opinion in a proceeding on any matter relating to any information transmitted or stored in any computer resource or any other electronic or digital form, the opinion of the Examiner of the Digital Evidence referred to in section 78A of the Information Technology Act, 2000, is a relevant fact. 

Explanation. -   An Examiner of Digital Evidence referred to in this section is an “expert.”