Indian Evidence Act, 1872
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 :
47 [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.]