WritingLaw (Page 255)

68. Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested. If a document is required by law to be attested it shall not be sued as evidence until one attesting witness at least has been called for the purpose of proving its execution if there be an attestingRead…

69. Proof where no attesting witness found. If no such attesting witness can be found, or if the document purports to have been executed in the United Kingdom, it must be proved that the attestation of one attesting witness at least is in his handwriting, and that the signature ofRead…

70. Admission of execution by party to attested document. The admission of a party to an attested document of its execution by himself shall be sufficient proof of its execution as against him, though it be a document required by law to be attested. Read Indian Evidence Act in aRead…

71. Proof when attesting witness denies the execution. If the attesting witness denies or does not recollect the execution of the document its execution may be proved by other evidence. *Object- (i) Section 71 is in the nature of a safeguard to the mandatory provisions of section 68, to meetRead…

72. Proof of document not required by law to be attested. An attested document not required by law to be attested may be proved as if it was unattested. Read Indian Evidence Act in a beautiful, systematic way. Read Evidence Act each section wise. Download beautiful, colourful PDF for EvidenceRead…

73. Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved. In order to ascertain whether a signature, writing or seal is that of the person by whom it purports to have been written or made, any signature, writing or seal admitted or proved to the satisfaction of theRead…

73A. Proof as to verification of digital signature. In order to ascertain whether a digital signature is that of the person by whom it purports to have been affixed, the Court may direct- (a) that person or the Controller or the Certifying Authority to produce the Digital Signature Certificate;  (b)Read…

74. Public documents. The following documents are public documents- (1) Documents forming the acts, or records of the acts- (i) of the sovereign authority, (ii) of official bodies and tribunals, and (iii) of public officers, legislative, judicial and executive, [of any part of India or of the Commonwealth], or ofRead…

75. Private documents. All other documents are private. Read Indian Evidence Act in a beautiful, systematic way. Read Evidence Act each section wise. Download beautiful, colourful PDF for Evidence Act.Read…

76. Certified copies of Public Documents. Every public officer having the custody of a public document, which any person has a right to inspect, shall give that person on demand a copy of it on payment of the legal fees therefor together with a certificate written at the foot ofRead…

77. Proof of documents by production of certified copies. Such certified copies may be produced in proof of the contents of the public documents or parts of the public documents of which they purport to be copies. Read Indian Evidence Act in a beautiful, systematic way. Read Evidence Act eachRead…

78. Proof of other official documents. The following public documents may be proved as follows- (1) Acts, orders or notifications of the General Government in any of its departments, or of the Crown Representative or of any State Government or any department of any State Government- By the records ofRead…

STATE AMENDMENT West Bengal After section 78, insert the following section, namely- 78A. Copies of public documents, to be as good as original documents in certain cases- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in force, where any public documents concerning any areas withinRead…

79. Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies. The Court shall presume to be genuine every document purporting to be a certificate, certified copy, or other document, which is by law declared to be admissible as evidence of any particular fact, and which purports to be duly certified by anyRead…

80. Presumption as to documents produced as records of evidence. Whenever any document is produced before any Court, purporting to be a record or memorandum of the evidence, or of any part of the evidence, given by a witness in a judicial proceeding or before any officer authorised by lawRead…

81. Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, private Acts of Parliament and other documents. The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the London Gazette, or any official Gazette or the Government Gazette of any colony, dependency or possession of the British Crown, or to be aRead…