INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
163. Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice.
166. Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice.
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INDIAN EVIDENCE ACT, 1872
163. Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice. ––When a party calls
for a document which he has given the other party notice to produce, and such document is produced and
inspected by the party calling for its production, he is bound to give it as evidence if the party producing it
requires him to do so.
1. As to the application of s. 161 to police diaries, see the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974), s. 172.
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Repealed / replaced by BSA India Code — IEA 1872
BHARATIYA SAKSHYA ADHINIYAM, 2023
166. Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice.—When a party
calls for a document which he has given the other party notice to produce, and such document is
produced and inspected by the party calling for its production, he is bound to give it as evidence if the
party producing it requires him to do so.
Current law India Code — BSA 2023