The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891 - Submission of Certified Copies of Entries / Print out to Courts - ଆରବିଆଇ - Reserve Bank of India
The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891 - Submission of Certified Copies of Entries / Print out to Courts
RBI/2008-09/457 |
RPCD.CO.RF.BC.No. 100 /07.38.03/2008-09 |
April 24, 2009
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All State Co-operative Banks (StCBs) and District Central Co-operative Banks (DCCBs) |
Dear Sir, |
The Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891 - Submission of |
In a recent case heard at the Court of a Civil Judge in Maharashtra, the Hon'ble Court advised Reserve Bank of India to instruct all banks that whenever they submit any data stored in their computer systems as evidence under Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891 to a court of law, the data must be accompanied by a certificate prescribed under Section 2A(a) and (b) of the Act ibid (relevant extract enclosed). |
Yours faithfully, |
(B. P. Vijayendra) |
Chief General Manager |
Encl: 2 |
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2A. Conditions in the printout
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2 (8) "Certified Copy" means when the books of a bank,- |
(a) are maintained in written form, a copy of any entry in such books together with a certificate written at the foot of such copy that it is a true copy of such entry, that such entry is contained in one of the ordinary books of the bank and was made in the usual and ordinary course of business and that such book is still in the custody of the bank, and where the copy was obtained by a mechanical or other process which in itself ensured the accuracy of the copy, a further certificate to that effect, but where the book from which such copy was prepared has been destroyed in the usual course of the bank's business after the date on which the copy had been so prepared, a further certificate to that effect, each such certificate being dated and subscribed by the principal accountant or manager of the bank with his name and official title; and |