Section 16 of Evidence Act

 

 

 

 

 
Section 16 of Evidence Act

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                                                                     Illustrations

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

The fact 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.