IEA 160 — Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 159

Indian Evidence Act, 1872

Statutory text

A witness may also testify
to  facts  mentioned  in  any  such  document  as  is  mentioned  in  section  159,  although  he  has  no  specific recollection of the facts themselves, if he is sure that the facts were correctly recorded in the document.
Illustration A book-keeper may testify to facts recorded by him in books regularly kept in the course of business,
if  he  knows  that  the  books  were  correctly  kept,  although  he  has  forgotten  the  particular  transactions entered.

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