Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026
Bare Act · 2026
An Act to provide for law relating to evidence with respect to bankers' books and to align it with contemporary digital banking practices and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
- Act number
- 15 of 2026
- Enacted
- 13 August 2026
- Contents
- 18 sections · 2 chapters
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Contents
Sections
- Section 1 – Short title and commencement.
- Section 2 – Definitions.
- Section 3 – Conditions for a certified copy.
- Section 4 – Power to extend provisions of Act.
- Section 5 – Mode of proof of entries in bankers’ books.
- Section 6 – Admissibility of electronic or digital records. (preview)
- Section 7 – Conditions for admissibility of records maintained in electronic or digital form. (preview)
- Section 8 – Case in which officer of bank not compellable to produce books. (preview)
- Section 9 – Inspection of books by order of Court. (preview)
- Section 10 – Costs. (preview)
- Section 11 – Order of Court to be construed as order made by specified officer. (preview)
- Section 12 – Power of Central Government to amend Schedules. (preview)
- Section 13 – Protection of action taken in good faith. (preview)
- Section 14 – Power to remove difficulties. (preview)
- Section 15 – Laying before Parliament. (preview)
- Section 16 – Repeal and savings. (preview)