Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, a dying declaration made by a person relating to the cause of his death is admissible in evidence under which provision?

Under the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, statements made by a person as to the cause of his death, or as to any of the circumstances of the transaction which resulted in his death, are relevant and admissible under section 26(a), the provision corresponding to section 32(1) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872. Such statements are admitted even though the maker is dead and cannot be cross-examined, on the principle that truth sits on the lips of a dying person. Section 22 deals with confessions caused by inducement, section 23(1) makes confessions to police officers inadmissible, section 157 concerns hostile witnesses, and section 64 requires oral evidence to be direct in all cases. The dying declaration is therefore received in evidence under section 26(a), making it the correct answer.