§ SECTION 62 · BSA 2023 · CHAPTER V — DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record

A short bridge. Where § 61 gave electronic records equal status, § 62 fixes how their contents are proved — in accordance with § 63, the section that carries the conditions and the certificate.

How to read Section 62

A one-line pointer — but an important one.

What

The contents of electronic records — how to prove them.

How

In accordance with § 63 — the dedicated procedure.

Why it matters

It channels e-evidence to one controlled route, not the ordinary steps alone.

The bare Act

The section in its own words — colour-keyed by what each phrase does.

Section 62 · verbatim

The contents of electronic records may be proved in accordance with the provisions of section 63.

In short: a deliberately short, signposting provision. Having established in § 61 that an electronic record is not second-class evidence, the Act now tells you how its contents are actually proved — by the route laid down in § 63. § 62 supplies no conditions itself; it channels every question about proving electronic contents into the single, controlled mechanism of § 63 (its conditions and the accompanying certificate).

→ New in the BSA. Read it as the hinge between § 61 (equal status) and § 63 (the certificate machinery).

Glossary

contents of electronic records

What the data says — the matter to be proved.

in accordance with § 63

By the procedure § 63 lays down — conditions and certificate.

section 63

The BSA’s machinery for admitting electronic records in evidence.

signpost provision

A section that directs you elsewhere rather than setting its own rule.

electronic record

Data recorded or stored in electronic form (see § 61).

controlled route

A single, defined way to prove e-content — not any means at large.

The picture

Where proving electronic contents is sent.

The section, part by part

Tap a part — the picture-story tells it first; the word-by-word text and example follow.

The ruleHow it fits

the ruleOne signpost: e-record contents go through § 63

In one lineThe contents of electronic records are proved in accordance with § 63 — the section’s dedicated procedure for electronic evidence.

The contents of electronic recordswhat an e-record CONTAINSthe contents of electronic records — what the data actually says…

may be proved in accordance with the provisions of section 63.→ proved under § 63…may be proved by following the § 63 procedure (the electronic-record certificate route).

ExampleTo prove what a server log or a WhatsApp message says, you follow § 63 — producing the record with its § 63 certificate — rather than relying on ordinary oral or secondary routes alone.

✗ Not this§ 62 does not itself set the conditions — it is a pointer. The substance (the certificate, who signs it, what it must state) lives entirely in § 63.

how it fits§ 61 → § 62 → § 63

In one line§ 61 gave e-records equal status; § 62 routes the proof of their contents to § 63; § 63 supplies the conditions and certificate.

a signpost sectionit points to § 63§ 62 directs the proof of e-record contents to § 63 — it carries no machinery of its own.

§ 63 is the machineryconditions + certificatethe actual conditions and the certificate for admitting an electronic record are set out in § 63.

a parallel routepaper → §§ 57–60; e-content → § 63paper contents follow the primary/secondary rules (§§ 56–60); electronic contents follow the § 63 route.

ExampleFaced with a disputed database record, you do not improvise: § 62 sends you to § 63, whose certificate requirements you then satisfy.

✗ Not thisDo not treat § 62 as a stand-alone proof rule. It is the hinge between the equal-status principle (§ 61) and the working conditions (§ 63).

Connected provisions

§ 61

New in the BSA

No direct 1872 section — part of the electronic-evidence scheme.

Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 — Section 62: Special provisions as to evidence relating to electronic record