The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
§71 — Proof when attesting witness denies the execution
–If the attesting witness denies or does not recollect the execution of the document, its execution may be proved by other evidence.
Old law ⇄ new law
Renumberedold law ⇄ new law
Old lawIEA §71Proof when attesting witness denies the executionNew lawBSA §70Proof when attesting witness denies execution
IEA §71 → BSA §70 per the official NCRB Sankalan table.
Source & version
Official text: India Code (official) ↗
Official India Code text: The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872), English PDF (iea_1872.pdf) retrieved via Internet Archive Wayback Machine snapshot 2021-09-03 of indiacode.nic.in (portal unreachable from ingest network). Extracted via pdftotext 26.07 -bbox and @nexlex/ingest inline parser on 2026-07-15. Repealed by BSA 2023 w.e.f. 2024-07-01. Automated parse; footnotes/amendment history excluded; spot-verified; full clause-level proofread pending. Section 114B, inserted by Chhattisgarh Act 25 of 2015 and published as central law, was removed on 2026-08-02 and is now recorded as a State amendment (D-052/D-053).
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