Indian Evidence Act, 1872
← Indian Evidence Act, 1872
X — OF THE EXAMINATION OF WITNESSES · Section 163

Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice

Synced on 04 Jul 2026Text as per India Code

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.

Footnotes — as printed in the India Code

1. As to the application of s. 161 to police diaries, see the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974), s. 172.

Judgments on Section 163