Section 72 of the Evidence Act 2011 – What it Says and All You Need to Know.
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Section 72 of the Evidence Act 2011 Provides as Follows:
(1) When the court has to form an opinion as to the person by whom any document was written or signed, the opinion of any person acquainted with the handwriting of the person by whom it is supposed to be written or signed that it was or was not written or signed by that person, is admissible
(2) A person is said to be acquainted with the handwriting of another person when he has seen that person write, or when he has received documents purporting to be written by that person in answer to documents written by himself or under his authority and addressed to that person, or when in the ordinary course of business, documents purporting to be written by that person have been habitually submitted to him.
Other Relevant Sections:
- Section 73 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 74 of the Evidence Act 2011
- Section 75 of the Evidence Act 2011