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Section 68 - Indian Evidence Act, 1872
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 :
47 [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.]
Related Sections
- Section 139: Cross-examination of person called to produce a document
- Section 42: Relevancy and effect of judgments, orders or decrees, other than those mentioned in section 41
- Section 150: Procedure of Court in case of question being asked without reasonable grounds
- Section 35: Relevancy of entry in public record made in performance of duty
- Section 21: Proof of admissions against persons making them, and by or on their behalf
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