INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
68. Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested.
67. Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
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 used as evidence until one attesting witness at least has been called for
the purpose of proving its execution, if there be an attesting witness alive, and subject to the process of
the Court and capable of giving evidence:
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[Provided that it shall not be necessary to call an attesting witness in proof of the execution of any
document, not being a will, which has been registered in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), unless its execution by the person by whom it purports to have been
executed is specifically denied.]
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
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 attesting witness alive, and subject to the process of the
Court and capable of giving evidence:
Provided that it shall not be necessary to call an attesting witness in proof of the execution of any
document, not being a will, which has been registered in accordance with the provisions of the Indian
Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), unless its execution by the person by whom it purports to have been
executed is specifically denied.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023