Inspection of documents kept by Registrar - Whether Registrar can produce in court documents in original - Companies Law - No. 42(206)-CL-II/60,

Circular Letter : No. 42(206)-CL-II/60, dated 14-6-1960. Subject:- Inspection of documents kept by Registrar - Whether Registrar can produce in court documents in original It has come to the notice of this Department that the Registrars are producing in the court original documents registered with them in connection with the prosecutions launched by them. The attention of the Registrar is, therefore, invited to section 610(2) and (3). It is not necessary to produce original documents registered with the Registrars, unless the court expressly calls for the same. A copy is admissible in evidence in all legal proceedings and is required by law to be treated as having equal validity with the original documents. The Commercial Documents Evidence Act, 1939 also provides that the court may draw a presumption as to the correctness of the statement contained in the certified copies of memorandum and articles of association of a company and the court may draw a presumption as to the correctness of the statements made in certified copies of balance sheet, profit and loss account and audit report of a company filed with the Registrar of Companies. In the circumstances, the Registrars of Companies are to produce certified copies, and not original documents, unless the same is expressly called for by the court, in the manner laid down in section 610(3).