Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced
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Summary
When a document is alleged to be signed or written by a particular person, the signature or the part said to be in that person’s handwriting must be proved to be their handwriting. This proof is required before the handwriting can be treated as belonging to that person for evidential purposes. Without proof, the claim about the handwriting will not stand on its own.
Example
Ravi signs a rent agreement, but the tenant says the signature is forged. Before the landlord can rely on that signature in court, the signature or handwriting on the agreement must be proved to be Ravi’s, for example by comparing known samples or calling a handwriting expert.
Bare Act
Enacted textIf 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.
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