CPC 1908 § Order XI, Rule 19 — Verified copies

Statutory text (English)

(1) Where inspection of any business books is applied for the Court may,
if it thinks fit, instead of ordering inspection of the original books, order a copy of any entries therein
to be furnished and verified by the affidavit of some person who has examined the copy with the
original entries, and such affidavit shall state whether or not there are in the original book any and
what erasures, interlineations or alterations:

Provided that, notwithstanding that such copy has been
supplied, the Court may order inspection of the book from which the copy was made.

(2) Where on an application for an order for inspection privilege is claimed for any document,
it shall be lawful for the Court to inspect the document for the purpose of deciding as to the validity of
the claim of privilege.

(3) The Court may, on the application of any party to a suit at any time, and whether an affidavit
of documents shall or shall not have already been ordered or made, make an order requiring any other
party to state by affidavit whether any one or more specific documents, to be specified in the
application, is or are, or has or have at any time been, in his possession or power; and, if not then in
his possession, when he parted with the same and what has become thereof. Such application shall be
made on an affidavit stated that in the belief of the deponent the party against whom the application is
made has, or has at some time had, in his possession or power the document or documents specified
in the application, and that they relate to the matters in question in the suit, or to some of them.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XI, Rule 19 (DISCOVERY AND INSPECTION): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 84, ingested 2026-09-15. Automated transcription from official source (pypdf extraction, audited artifact repair); human admin re-check required before production.

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