Endorsements on copies of admitted entries in books, accounts and records
Full Text
(1) Save in so far as is otherwise provided by the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891 where a document admitted in evidence in the suit is an entry in a letter-book or a shop-book or other account in current use, the party on whose behalf the book or account is produced may furnish a copy of the entry.
(2) Where such a document is an entry in a public record produced from a public office or by a public officer, or an entry in a book or account belonging to a person other than a party on whose behalf the book or account is produced, the Court may require a copy of the entry to be furnished—
(a) where the record, book or account is produced on behalf of a party, then by that party, or
(b) where the record, book or account is produced in obedience to an order of the Court acting of its own motion, then by either or any party.
(3) Where a copy of an entry is furnished under the foregoing provisions of this rule, the Court shall, after causing the copy to be examined, compared and certified in manner mentioned in rule 17 of Order VII, mark the entry and cause the book, account or record in which it occurs to be returned to the person producing it.
Plain English Summary
Regulates the admission of entries in business ledgers, shop books, and public records by permitting verified copies to be substituted for original records, allowing valuable original account books to be returned immediately.
Key Legal Elements
- Substitution by Verified Copy: Original ledger not tied up in court registry indefinitely.
- Examination and Comparison: Court compares copy with original entry pursuant to Order VII Rule 17.
- Immediate Return of Original: Original shop-book or ledger returned to owner forthwith.
- Harmonized with Bankers' Books Evidence Act: Banking institutions retain independent statutory certification mechanisms.
Practical Note
Returning Account Books to Commercial Clients: When producing ledger books in court, always bring an exact photocopy of the relevant ledger pages. Tender the original for judicial comparison under Rule 5(3), have the judge initial the certified copy, and take the original ledger back the same day.
हिंदी पाठ
(1) बैंककार बही साक्ष्य अधिनियम, 1891 के उपबंधों के अधीन रहते हुए, जहां वाद में साक्ष्य में ग्रहण किया गया दस्तावेज चालू उपयोग की किसी पत्र-बही या दुकान-बही या अन्य खाते में की प्रविष्टि है, वहां वह पक्षकार जिसकी ओर से बही या खाता प्रस्तुत किया गया है, प्रविष्टि की एक प्रति प्रस्तुत कर सकेगा।
(2) जहां ऐसा दस्तावेज किसी लोक कार्यालय से या लोक अधिकारी द्वारा प्रस्तुत लोक अभिलेख की प्रविष्टि है, वहां न्यायालय प्रविष्टि की एक प्रति प्रस्तुत किए जाने की अपेक्षा कर सकेगा।
(3) जहां प्रविष्टि की प्रति प्रस्तुत की जाती है, वहां न्यायालय आदेश 7 के नियम 17 में उल्लिखित रीति से प्रति की परीक्षा, मिलान और प्रमाणीकरण कराने के पश्चात, प्रविष्टि पर चिह्न लगाएगा और मूल बही या खाते को उसे प्रस्तुत करने वाले व्यक्ति को वापस कर देगा।