# 68 Proof of execution of document required by law to be attested
If a document is required by law to be attested, it shall not be used as evidence until one attesting witness at least has been called for the purpose of proving its execution, if there be an attesting witness alive, and subject to the process of the Court and capable of giving evidence:
1[Provided that it shall not be necessary to call an attesting witness in proof of the execution of any document, not being a will, which has been registered in accordance with the provisions of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), unless its execution by the person by whom it purports to have been executed is specifically denied.]
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1. Ins. by Act 31 of 1926, s. 2.
CHAPTER V.--OF DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE
65B
Admissibility of electronic records66
Rules as to notice to produce67
Proof of signature and handwriting of person alleged to have signed or written document produced67A
Proof as to electronic signature69
Proof where no attesting witness found70
Admission of execution by party to attested document71
Proof when attesting witness denies the execution
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