Testimony to facts stated in document mentioned in section 159
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Summary
A witness may testify to facts that are stated in a regularly kept document even if he has no specific recollection of the facts, so long as he is sure the facts were correctly recorded. This applies when the witness prepared or maintained the document and can vouch for its accuracy. The consequence is that his testimony can be used to prove those recorded facts despite his lack of personal memory.
Example
Ravi is the book-keeper at a neighbourhood shop and kept a regular sales ledger. He cannot recall a specific sale, but he is sure the ledger was correctly kept. Under this rule Ravi may testify to the sale as recorded, and that entry can be used to prove the transaction.
Bare Act
Enacted textA witness may also testify to facts mentioned in any such document as is mentioned in section 159, although he has no specific recollection of the facts themselves, if he is sure that the facts were correctly recorded in the document.
Illustrations
A book-keeper may testify to facts recorded by him in books regularly kept in the course of business, if he knows that the books were correctly kept, although he has forgotten the particular transaction entered.
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