BSA Section 72 — Comparison of signature, writing or seal with others admitted or proved

Summary

Sub-section (1) allows the Court to compare a signature, writing, or seal that needs to be proved with another signature, writing, or seal of the same person that has already been admitted or proved to the Court's satisfaction. This comparison can be done even if that other signature, writing, or seal was not produced or proved for any other purpose.

Sub-section (2) permits the Court to direct any person who is present in Court to write any words or figures. The purpose of this direction is to enable the Court to compare those words or figures with other words or figures that are alleged to have been written by that same person.

Sub-section (3) states that this section also applies to finger impressions, with any necessary modifications.

Official Text

(1) In order to ascertain whether a signature, writing or seal is that of the person by whom it purports to have been written or made, any signature, writing, or seal admitted or proved to the satisfaction of the Court to have been written or made by that person may be compared with the one which is to be proved, although that signature, writing or seal has not been produced or proved for any other purpose.

(2) The Court may direct any person present in Court to write any words or figures for the purpose of enabling the Court to compare the words or figures so written with any words or figures alleged to have been written by such person.

(3) This section applies also, with any necessary modifications, to finger impressions.

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