Authorized sign

Alfesaani. (Querist) 22 November 2015 This query is : Resolved
Greetings.

I had a question regarding forgery. Will it be forgery if a person puts another man's name/signature if authorized to do so by the person?

For example, will it be forgery if a lawyer tells his clerk or friend to put his(the lawyer's) name on the space for advocate's name where the lawyer identifies the deponent on an affidavit? In this case the clerk or friend writes the lawyer's name/signature on the affidavit after being permitted by the lawyer himself.

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ABDUL RAZIQUE (Expert) 22 November 2015
If any person signed in any document without the authority of principal it may be forged. No clerk and friend has right to put the signature of an advocate, it is treated as false.

Alfesaani. (Querist) 22 November 2015
so, it would be a case of forgery for the clerk though he had no intent to defraud? What if the advocate admits the sign to be his, if the issue ever arises?