4. Endorsements on documents admitted in evidence.- (1) Subject to the provisions of the next following sub-rule, there shall be endorsed on every document which has been admitted in evidence in the Suit the following particulars, namely:— (a) the number and title of the suit, (b) the name of the person producing the document, (c) the date on which it was produced, and (d) a statement of its having been so admitted; and the endorsement shall be signed or Initialed by the judge. (2) Where a document so admitted is an entry in a book, account or record, and a copy thereof has been substituted for the original under the next following rule, the particulars aforesaid shall be endorsed on the copy and the endorsement thereon shall be signed or initialed by the Judge, HIGH COURT AMENDMENTS Bombay, Dadra and nagar haveli, Goa, Daman and Diu.- Add the following to sub-rule (1): ‘Provided that in proceedings in the Bombay City Civil Court, the endorsement may be signed or initialled by such officer as the Principal Judge may authorise in this behalf.” (1.10.1983). Patna.- Add the following after the words “Judge” appearing at the end of sub-rule (1) as well as sub-rule (2) of Rule 4 of Order XIII of the First Schedule to the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: “or, in the case of the High Court, by an officer in Court under the Order of the Judge or one of the Judges.” (5th February, 1971). Punjab and Haryana Add the following proviso to Rule 4, Order XIII: “Provided that where the Court is satisfied that the document, not endorsed in the manner laid down in the above rule, was in fact, admitted in evidence, it shall treat the document as having been properly admitted in evidence unless non-compliance with this rule has resulted in miscarriage of justice.” 11.6.1974.
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