65. Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced. If a document is alleged to be signed or to have been written wholly or in part by any person, the signature or the handwriting of so much of the document as is allegedRead…
66. Proof as to electronic signature. Except in the case of a secure electronic signature, if the electronic signature of any subscriber is alleged to have been affixed to an electronic record, the fact that such electronic signature is the electronic signature of the subscriber must be proved. Get theRead…
67. 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 used as evidence until one attesting witness at least has been called for the purpose of proving its execution, if there be an attestingRead…
68. Proof where no attesting witness found. If no such attesting witness can be found, it must be proved that the attestation of one attesting witness at least is in his handwriting, and that the signature of the person executing the document is in the handwriting of that person. GetRead…
69. 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. Get the new BSA PDFRead…
70. Proof when attesting witness denies execution. If the attesting witness denies or does not recollect the execution of the document, its execution may be proved by other evidence. Get the new BSA PDFRead…
71. 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. Get the new BSA PDFRead…
72. Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved. (1) 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 ofRead…
73. 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…
Public documents 74. Public and private documents. (1) The following documents are public documents: (a) 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 India or of a foreignRead…
75. 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…
76. 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. Get the new BSA PDFRead…
77. Proof of other official documents. The following public documents may be proved as follows: (a) Acts, orders or notifications of the Central Government in any of its Ministries and Departments or of any State Government or any Department of any State Government or Union territory Administration: (i) by theRead…
Presumptions as to documents 78. Presumption as to genuineness of certified copies. (1) 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 toRead…
79. Presumption as to documents produced as record of evidence, etc. 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 byRead…
80. Presumption as to Gazettes, newspapers, and other documents. The Court shall presume the genuineness of every document purporting to be the Official Gazette, or to be a newspaper or journal, and of every document purporting to be a document directed by any law to be kept by any person,Read…
