CPC 1908 § Order XIII, Rule 5 — Endorsements on copies of admitted entries in books, accounts and records

Statutory text (English)

(1) Save
in so far as is otherwise provided by the Banker's Books Evidence Act, 1891 (XVIII 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 he book, account or record in which it occurs to be returned to
the person producing it.

Source and verification

Source citation: CPC (Act V of 1908) First Schedule, Order XIII, Rule 5 (PRODUCTION, IMPOUNDING AND RETURN OF DOCUMENTS): Pakistan Code portal consolidated official PDF 'THE CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE, 1908' (First Schedule, Orders I-LI, pp. 58-185), p. 87, 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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