Section 32(1) IEA admits statements made by a dying person as to the cause of his death or the circumstances of the transaction resulting in death. This is the so-called
AApprover's testimony
BHearsay rule
CPrivilege against self-incrimination
DDying declaration
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Dying declaration
Section 32(1) is the dying declaration provision. The maxim 'Nemo moriturus praesumitur mentire' (no one nearing death is presumed to lie) underlies this. Indian law, unlike English law, does NOT require the declarant to have been under expectation of imminent death.
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