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What is Rules as to notice to produce? What is Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced? Section 66 and 67 of Indian Evidence Act 1872 |
Rules as to notice to produce and Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced are defined under section 66 and 67 of Indian Evidence Act 1872. Provisions under these sections are:Section 66 of Evidence Act "Rules as to notice to produce" Secondary evidence of the contents of the documents referred to in section 65, clause (a), shall not be given unless the party proposing to give such secondary evidence has previously given to the party in whose possession or power the document is, 46[or to his attorney or pleader,] such notice to produce it as is prescribed by law, and if no notice is prescribed by law, then such notice as the Court considers reasonable under the circumstances of the case: |
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Provided that such notice shall not be required in order to
render secondary evidence admissible in any of the following
cases, or in any other case in which the Court thinks fit to
dispense with it:- (1) when the document to be proved is itself a notice ; (2) when, from the nature of the case, the adverse party must know that he will be required to produce it; (3) When
it appears or is proved that the adversary has obtained
possession of the original by fraud or force; Section 67 of Evidence Act "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 alleged to be in that person?s handwriting must be proved to be in his handwriting. |
Indian Evidence Act 1872 |
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