Section 45A Indian Evidence Act 1872
Section 45A of the Indian Evidence Act 1872 is about ‘Opinion of Examiner of Electronic Evidence’. It is under ‘OPINIONS OF THIRD PERSONS WHEN RELEVANT’ of Chapter II of the Act. Chapter II is titled ‘OF THE RELEVANCY OF FACTS‘.
Opinion of Examiner of Electronic Evidence
When in a proceeding, the court has to form an opinion on any matter relating to any information transmitted or stored in any computer resource or any other electronic or digital form, the opinion of the Examiner of Electronic Evidence referred to in section 79A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), is a relevant fact.
Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, an Examiner of Electronic Evidence shall be an expert.]
See also:
Section 45 Indian Evidence Act 1872 (Opinions of experts)