Section 16 IEA – The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 – Existence of course of business when relevant

Section 16 IEA – The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 – Existence of course of business when relevant

Section 16. Existence of course of business when relevant.––When there is a question whether a particular act was done, the existence of any course of business, according to which it naturally would have been done, is a relevant fact.

Illustrations

(a) The question is, whether a particular letter was despatched.

The facts that it was the ordinary course of business for all letters put in a certain place to be carried to the post, and that particular letter was put in that place are relevant.

(b) The question is, whether a particular letter reached A. The facts that it was posted in due course, and was not returned through the Dead Letter Office, are relevant.

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