IEA Section 63 — Secondary evidence

Chapter 5

Civil

Summary

Secondary evidence includes certified copies that are issued under the rules described later in this Act. It also includes copies made from the original using mechanical processes that guarantee accuracy, as well as copies that have been compared to such mechanical copies. Copies made directly from the original or compared with the original are also secondary evidence, along with counterparts of documents that are used against people who did not sign them. Finally, a person who has personally seen a document can give an oral account of what it says, and that account counts as secondary evidence.

Official Text

Secondary evidence means and includes—

Certified copies given under the provisions hereinafter contained;
Copies made from the original by mechanical processes which in themselves insure the accuracy of the copy, and copies compared with such copies;
Copies made from or compared with the original;
Counterparts of documents as against the parties who did not execute them;
Oral accounts of the contents of a document given by some person who has himself seen it.

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