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CHAPTER V.––OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Section 67A: Proof as to 1[electronic signature]

The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (repealed)

Repealed by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 (47 of 2023) with effect from 1 July 2024.

2[Except in the case of a secure 1[electronic signature], if the 1[electronic signature] of any subscriber is alleged to have been affixed to an electronic record the fact that such 1[electronic signature] is the 1[electronic signature] of the subscriber must be proved.]

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.Subs. by Act 10 of 2009, s. 52, for “digital signature” (w.e.f. 27-10-2009).
  2. 2.Ins. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 92 and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 17-10-2000).

Now in the BSA

As given in the correspondence table of the National Crime Records Bureau (Ministry of Home Affairs). Read both texts before relying on it. NCRB table

67A. Proof as to electronic signature.BSA 66

Questions on this section

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  1. 1. Under Section 66 of the BSA, where the electronic signature of a subscriber is alleged to have been affixed to an electronic record, the fact that it is the subscriber's electronic signature need NOT be proved in the case of:

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