Question

Photocopies of a document made from the original are:

A Primary Evidence Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B Substitute Evidence Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Secondary Evidence Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D Corroborative Evidence Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

Section 63 of Evidence Act: Secondary evidence –– Secondary evidence means and includes –– (1) certified copies given under the provisions hereinafter contained; (2) copies made from the original by mechanical processes which in themselves insure the accuracy of the copy, and copies compared with such copies; (3) copies made from or compared with the original; (4) counterparts of documents as against the parties who did not execute them; (5) oral accounts of the contents of a document given by some person who has himself seen it.

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