(h) when the originals consist of numerous accounts or other documents which
cannot conveniently be examined in Court, and the fact to be proved is the
general result of the whole collection ;
(i) when an original document forming part of a judicial record is not available
and only a certified copy thereof is available, certified copy of that certified
copy shall also be admissible as a secondary evidence.
In cases (a), (c), (d) and (e), any secondary evidence of the contents of the
document is admissible.
In case (b), the written admission is admissible.
In case (f) or (g), certified copy of the document, but no other kind of
secondary evidence, is admissible.
In case (h), evidence may be given as to the general result of the documents by
any person who has examined them, and who is skilled in the examination of
such document.
77. Rules as to notice to produce. Secondary evidence of the contents of
the documents referred to in Article 76, paragraph (a), shall not be given unless the
party proposing to give such secondary evidence has previously given to the party in
whose possession or power the document is, or to his advocate, such notice to produce
it as is prescribed by Law, and, if no notice is prescribed by law, then such notice as the
Court considers reasonable under the circumstances of the case:
Provided that such notice shall not be required in order to render secondary evidence
admissible in any of the following cases, or in any other case in which the Court thinks
fit to dispense with it: —
(1) when the document to be proved is itself a notice ;
(2) when, from the nature of the case, the adverse party must know that he will be
required to produce it;
(3) when it appears or is proved that the adverse party has obtained possession of
the original by fraud or force ;
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