When oral admissions as to contents of documents are relevant
Full Text
Oral admissions as to the contents of a document are not relevant, unless and until the party proposing to prove them shows that he is entitled to give secondary evidence of the contents of such document under the rules hereinafter contained, or unless the genuineness of a document produced is in question.
Plain English Summary
Restricts oral evidence about document contents to uphold the best evidence rule.
Key Legal Elements
- General exclusion of oral admissions on documents
- Prerequisite: Right to give secondary evidence
- Exception: Dispute over genuineness of document
Practical Note
This section follows the principle that the document itself is the best evidence of its contents. Oral testimony about a document is only allowed if the original is lost, destroyed, or in possession of the opponent.
हिंदी पाठ
दस्तावेज़ की अंतर्वस्तु के बारे में मौखिक स्वीकृतियाँ तब तक सुसंगत नहीं हैं, जब तक कि उन्हें साबित करने वाला पक्षकार यह न दिखा दे कि वह द्वितीयक साक्ष्य देने का हकदार है, या जब तक कि पेश किए गए दस्तावेज़ की असलियत ही प्रश्नगत न हो।