Indian Evidence Act Section 61. Proof of contents of documents

The contents of documents may be proved either by primary or by secondary evidence.

COMMENTS

Admission of contents

Admission of documents amounts to admission of contents but not its truth; Life Insurance Corporation of India v. Narmada Agarwalla, AIR 1993 Ori 103.

A man may lie but a document will never lie; Afzauddin Ansary v. State of West Bengal, (1997) 2 Crimes 53 (Cal).