1. Short title, application and commencement. -- (1) This Act may be called the Bharatiya Sakshya
Adhiniyam, 2023.
(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. (3)It shall come into force on such date1 as the Central Government may, by notification in the
Official Gazette, appoint.