Multiple choice

A document is said to be in the handwriting of A that the document is produced from proper custody. If the document is purporting or proved to be ____ years old, the court may presume that it is A's handwriting.

  1. thirty

  2. fifteen

  3. twenty

  4. twelve

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Explanation

Option (1) is correct: Under Section 90 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, if a document is produced from any custody which the court, in the particular case, considers proper, then the Court may presume that the signature and every other part of such document, which purports to be in the handwriting of any particular person, is in that person’s handwriting only if the document is purporting or proved to be thirty years old.

Options (2), (3) and (4) are incorrect.