IEA 67 — Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

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  alleged  to  be  in  that  person’s handwriting must be proved to be in his handwriting.

[67A. 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.]

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