INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
16. Existence of course of business when relevant.
14. Existence of course of business when relevant.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
16. Existence of course of business when relevant.––When there is a question whether a particular
act was done, the existence of any course of business, according to which it naturally would have been
done, is a relevant fact.
Illustrations
(a) The question is, whether a particular letter was despatched.
The facts that it was the ordinary course of business for all letters put in a certain place to be carried to the post,
and that particular letter was put in that place are relevant.
(b) The question is, whether a particular letter reached A. The facts that it was posted in due course, and was not
returned through the Dead Letter Office, are relevant.
1. Ins. by Act 3 of 1891, s. 2.
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Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
14. Existence of course of business when relevant.—When there is a question whether a particular
act was done, the existence of any course of business, according to which it naturally would have been
done, is a relevant fact.
Illustrations.
(a) The question is, whether a particular letter was dispatched. The facts that it was the ordinary
course of business for all letters put in a certain place to be carried to the post, and that particular letter
was put in that place are relevant.
(b) The question is, whether a particular letter reached A. The facts that it was posted in due course,
and was not returned through the Return Letter Office, are relevant.
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Current law India Code — BSA 2023