Indian Evidence Act, 1872 · Chapter X: Of the Examination of Witnesses
Section 163: Giving, as evidence, of document called for and produced on notice
The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 was repealed and replaced by the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023 from 1 July 2024. It still applies to matters and proceedings from before that date, as the repealing law provides.
In plain words
When a party calls for a document they gave the other party notice to produce, and inspects it once produced, they must give it in evidence if the producing party requires.
A simplified explanation, prepared with AI assistance from the official text below and checked automatically against it for numbers and cross-references. The official text is the law and prevails over this summary. Not legal advice.
Official text
When a party calls for a document which he has given the other party notice to produce, and such document is produced and 1. As to the application of s. 161 to police diaries, see the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Act 2 of 1974), s. 172.
inspected by the party calling for its production, he is bound to give it as evidence if the party producing it requires him to do so.
Corresponding sections were matched by comparing the wording of both official texts, and for the IPC and BNS, also against a published correspondence table. Wording, punishments and structure often changed, so read both sections before relying on the match.
Source: India Code (Legislative Department), the text of the Act as it stood before its repeal. Words in square brackets [ ] were inserted or substituted by later amending Acts, and *** marks words omitted by an amendment. The amendment footnotes are not reproduced here.