Short title, extent and commencement

Short title, extent and commencement.--(1) This Act may be called the Evidence Act, 1977.

1. (2) It applies to all judicial proceedings in or before any Court, including Courts-martial, but not to affidavits presented to any Court or officer, nor to proceedings before an arbitrator.
2. (3) It shall come into force on the 1st day of Baisakh, 1978.