CPC - ORDER XIII - Rule 2. Effect of non-production of documents

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⁶⁸[(1)] No documentary evidence in the possession or power of any party which should have been, but has not been produced in accordance with the requirements of rule 1 shall be received at any subsequent stage of the proceedings unless good cause is shown to the satisfaction of the Court for the non-production thereof; and the Court receiving any such evidence shall record the reasons for so doing.

    ⁶⁹[(2) Nothing in sub-rule (1) shall apply to documents,-

        (a) produced for the cross-examination of the witnesses of the other party, or

        (b) handed over to a witness merely to refresh his memory.]

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