INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
73A. Proof as to verification of digital signature.
73. Proof as to verification of digital signature. Public documents
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
[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) any other person to apply the public key listed in the Digital Signature Certificate and
verify the digital signature purported to have been affixed by that person.
Explanation. –– For the purposes of this section, “Controller” means the Controller appointed
under sub-section (1) of section 17 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).]
PUBLIC DOCUMENTS
Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
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) any other person to apply the public key listed in the Digital Signature Certificate and verify
the digital signature purported to have been affixed by that person.
Public documents
Current law India Code — BSA 2023