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  "id": 17375,
  "url": "https://www.medianama.com/2026/08/223-finance-bill-1891-bankers-books-evidence-act",
  "title": "Explainer: Finance Ministry proposes bill to replace 1891 Bankers’ Books Evidence Act",
  "summary": "The Bankers’ Books Evidence Bill, 2026 expands bank records to include cloud-based data, allows digital records as court evidence, and retains senior police powers to compel banks to share records. The post Explainer: Finance Ministry proposes bill to replace 1891 Bankers’ Books Evidence Act appeared first on MEDIANAMA .",
  "authors": "Azdhan",
  "category": "news",
  "topics": "regulation",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-08-07T04:14:15.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-08-07T05:10:58.501Z",
  "source_slug": "x-medianama-in",
  "source_name": "MediaNama (IN)",
  "source_homepage": "https://www.medianama.com",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/17375",
  "original_url": "https://www.medianama.com/2026/08/223-finance-bill-1891-bankers-books-evidence-act",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
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