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A witness may also testify' to facts m.en- Testimony' tioned in any such document as is mentioned in sec- ~ofactsstated t. . h ' d . d d ' fif!l. " lth h h h . In document , Ion one un re an lJy-nlne,a oug e. as,no 'mentioned in specific recollection of the facts. themselves, if he' is section159. sure that the' facts were correctly recorded in the document. i" ltluatr'ation. . . . A book~keeper may testify to facts recordedby him in books. regularly kept'ID.the course of busi:q.ess,if he ~nows that the books were correctly kept, although he hasforgotten the ' part~cu~ Jar transactions entered. , 161.' A' v;writingreferred, to under the provi- Right of ' sions of tl'two last preceding sections must be Pro- ,adverse~a;,ty '. , , h 'd ' 'if h ... ,as to wrItIng duced and s~ ,yn to tea verse. party , e reqUIres It; used to re- 'such party'. 'oay; if he pleases, cross.examine the freshmemory. witness thereupon. " ' , " ' ' 162.' A ,witness summoned to' produce a docu~ Production ment shall, 'if it is in his possession or power, bring Jt' of documents. to Court, notwithstan~ng any objection, which tp.ere . .->-,may be to its production or to its' admissibility. ,',The, " validity of any such objection shall be decided 0# .py ~C~. ' ",,; , . , The Court, if it sees fit, may, inspect the docu- ment, unless it refers to, matters, ,'of State, or take . other evidence to enable it'to determine on 0its ,admissibility ~ " 0 , '0, , , , . . , If for such a purpose it is necessary to cause a~y Translation document to be translated the Court may if it thinks of documents~ , ,. ., , ,fit, direct the translator to keep the contents secret, ' , unle~~the document is to be given in ,,' evidence: and ", , off .- 71 ~ '.', ~ .. -~. .f } . '. J . i . i I . "'- . Bvl~1U)e. .~ l ACT.'i .. ... .', . ,~ iithe interpreter disobeys such direction, he shall be .' . held ,to.have 'committed an offence under section one hundred and sixty-six of the Indian Penal Code. Giving,as 163;.. When a party calls for a dQcumentwhich dvidence'tofhe has given the other party notice to produce, and call:d;~and sucb.document is produced and inspected by the party pl'o~ucedon calling,..'for its production, he is bound to give it as notlCC. evidence if the party producing it requires him to de. ,- so~.:_. . . . . Using,as