Multiple choice

In relation to expressions defined in Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, which of the following statements is not correct?

  1. Facts includes not only physical facts, but also psychological facts.

  2. A court includes arbitrators.

  3. An inscription on a stone is a document.

  4. A fact is said to be not proved when it is neither proved nor disproved.
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Explanation

Option (1) is incorrect: Under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 'fact' means and includes any thing, state of things or relation of things, capable of being perceived by the senses; any mental condition of which any person is conscious.

Option (2) is correct: Under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 'court' includes all judges and magistrates and all persons, except arbitrators.

Option (3) is incorrect: Under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, 'documents' mean any matter expressed or described upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks, or by more than one of those means, intended to be used or which may be used, for the purpose of recording that matter.

Option (4) is incorrect: Under Section 3 of the Indian Evidence Act, a fact is said not to be proved when it is neither proved nor disproved.

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