Gujarat High Court Criminal Manual (subordinate court practice), 1977
A Magistrate requiring the production in evidence of documents, recorded in a Court of Justice, or in the custody of any public Officer shall, in his communication to such Court or Officer, state clearly whether he requires the entire record of any particular paper or papers; also at what time and place the papers, if not previously sent by post, must be produced, and whether any subordinate Officer will be required to attend for the purpose of proving them. The communication shall be signed and sealed in the same way as a summons. As a rule, it is not desirable that a Magistrate should send for original papers, in cases in which certified copies will serve the purpose, and in which the person requiring the production of the papers is in a position to obtain certified copies.