Section 167 BSA | Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

Section 167 BSA | Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

Using, as evidence, of document production of which was refused on notice.

When a party refuses to produce a document which he has had notice to produce,

he cannot afterwards use the document as evidence without the consent of the other party or the order of the Court.

Illustration.

A sues B on an agreement and gives B notice to produce it. At the trial, A calls for the document and B refuses to produce it. A gives secondary evidence of its contents. B seeks to produce the document itself to contradict the secondary evidence given by A, or in order to show that the agreement is not stamped. He cannot do so.