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Section 72 - The Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
72. Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved.
(1) In order to ascertain whether a signature, writing or seal is that of the person by whom it purports to have been written or made, any signature, writing, or seal admitted or proved to the satisfaction of the Court to have been written or made by that person may be compared with the one which is to be proved, although that signature, writing or seal has not been produced or proved for any other purpose.
(2) The Court may direct any person present in Court to write any words or figures for the purpose of enabling the Court to compare the words or figures so written with any words or figures alleged to have been written by such person.
(3) This section applies also, with any necessary modifications, to finger impressions.
Related Sections
- Section 75: Certified copies of public documents
- Section 60: Cases in which secondary evidence relating to documents may be given
- Section 45: Grounds of opinion, when relevant
- Section 37: Judgments, etc., other than those mentioned in sections 34, 35 and 36 when relevant
- Section 136: Production of documents or electronic records which another person, having possession, could refuse to produce
Related Acts
- National Capital Territory of Delhi (Recognition of Property Rights of Residents in Unauthorised Colonies) Act, 2019
- Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2017
- Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
- Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2018
- Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act, 2019