Question

If a party wants to give secondary  evidence of contents of a document which is in possession of another, he :

A must give notice to the party to produce that document first Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
B is not required by law to give notice to the party to produce that document first. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
C Court may or may not require him to give notice to the party to produce that document first Correct Answer Incorrect Answer
D may directly produce the secondary evidence of the documents if proved that not in his possession. Correct Answer Incorrect Answer

Solution

As per S. 66. Rules as to notice to produce.— Secondary evidence of the contents of the documents referred to in section 65, clause (a), shall not be given unless the party proposing to give such secondary evidence has previously given to the party in whose possession or power the document is, or to his attorney or pleader, such notice to produce it as is prescribed by law; and if no notice is prescribed by law, then such notice as the Court considers reasonable under the circumstances of the case:

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