Rule 1 Order XIII of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Documentary evidence to be produced at or before the settlement of issues"
(1) The parties or their pleaders shall produce, 67[at or
before the settlement of issues], all the documentary
evidence of every description in their possession or power,
on which they intend to rely, and which has not already been
filed in Court, and all documents which the Court has
ordered to be produced.
(2) The Court shall receive the documents so produced :
Provided that they are accompanied by an accurate list
thereof prepared in such form as the High Court directs.
Rule 2 Order XIII of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Effect of non-production of documents"
Rep. by the Code of Civil Procedure (Amendment) Act, 1999 (46 of 1999) s. 23 (w.e.f. 1-7-2002).
Rule 3 Order XIII of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Rejection of irrelevant or inadmissible documents"
The Court may at any stage of the suit reject any document which it considers irrelevant or otherwise inadmissible, recording the grounds of such rejection.
Rule 4 Order XIII of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Endorsements
on documents admitted in evidence"
(1) Subject to the provisions of the next following
sub-rule, there shall be endorsed on every document which
has been admitted in evidence in the suit the following
particulars, namely : -
(a) the number and title of the suit,
(b) the name of the person producing the document,
(c) the date on which it was produced, and
(d) a statement of its having been so admitted,
and the endorsement shall be signed or initialed by the
Judge.
(2) Where a document so admitted is an entry in a book,
account or record, and a copy thereof has been substituted
for the original under the next following rule, the
particulars aforesaid shall be endorsed on the copy and the
endorsement thereon shall be signed or initialled by the
Judge.
Rule 5 Order XIII of Code of Civil Procedure 1908 "Endorsements
on copies of admitted entries in books, accounts and
records"
(1) Save in so far as is otherwise provided by the Bankers'
Books Evidence Act, 1891 (18 of 1891) where a document
admitted in evidence in the suit is an entry in a
letter-book or a shop-book or other account in current use,
the party on whose behalf the book or account is produced
may furnish a copy of the entry.
(2) Where such a document is an entry in a public record
produced from a public office or by a public officer, or an
entry in a book or account belonging to a person other than
a party on whose behalf the book or account is produced, the
Court may require a copy of the entry to be furnished-
(a) where the record, book or account is produced on behalf
of a party, then by that party, or
(b) where the record, book or account is produced in
obedience to an order of the Court acting of its own motion,
then by either or any party.
(3) Where a copy of an entry is furnished. under the
foregoing provisions of this rule, the Court shall, after
causing the copy to be examined, compared and certified in
manner mentioned in rule 17 of Order VII, mark the entry and
cause the book, account or record in which it occurs to be
returned to the person producing it.