Document vs. Instrument
Document: Defined under Section 3(18) of the General Clauses Act, 1897. A document can be any written or recorded proof like letters, emails, photographs, or agreements. Basically, anything that can be used as evidence.
Section 2(d) of BSA 2023- "Document" means any matter expressed or described or otherwise recorded upon any substance by means of letters, figures or marks or any other means or by more than one of those means, intended to be used, or which may be used, for the purpose of recording that matter and includes electronic and digital records.
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