Short title

This act may be called the Evidence Act, 1872.

Extent.—It extends to the whole of Bangladesh and applies to all judicial proceedings in or before any Court, including Courts-martial, other than Courts-martial convened under the ³[Army Act, 1952, the Naval Discipline Ordinance, 1961 or the Air Force Act, 1953] but not to affidavits presented to any Court or officer, nor to proceedings before an arbitrator;

Commencement of Act.—And it shall come into force on the first day of September, 1872.