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The Code of Civil Procedure, 1908: page 148

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      (c) each paragraph of an affidavit should, as far as possible, be confined to a distinct portion of the
   subject;
      (d) an affidavit shall state—
        (i) which of the statements in it are made from the deponent's own knowledge and which are
      matters of information or belief; and
          (ii) the source for any matters of information or belief.
      (e) an affidavit should—
         (i) have the pages numbered consecutively as a separate document (or as one of several
      documents contained in a file);
          (ii) be divided into numbered paragraphs;
          (iii) have all numbers, including dates, expressed in figures; and
         (iv) if any of the documents referred to in the body of the affidavit are annexed to the affidavit
      or any other pleadings, give the annexures and page numbers of such documents that are relied
      upon.
  [Vide the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Order, 2020, notification
No. S.O. 1123(E) dated (18-3-2020) and vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of
Central Laws) Order, 2020, Notification No. S.O. 3774(E), dated (23-10-2020)].   e
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    *[4. Court may control evidence.—(1) The Court may, by directions, regulate the evidence as to
issues on which it requires evidence and the manner in which such evidence may be placed before the
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   (2) The Court may, in its discretion and for reasons to be recorded in writing, exclude evidence that
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would otherwise be produced by the parties.
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    5. Redacting or rejecting evidence.— A Court may, in its discretion, for reasons to be recorded in
writing––
         (i) redact or order the redaction of such portions of the affidavit of examination-in-chief as do not,
    in its view, constitute evidence; or
         (ii) return or reject an affidavit of examination-in-chief as not constituting admissible evidence.
    6. Format and guidelines of affidavit of evidence.—An affidavit must comply with the form and
requirements set forth below:—
        (a) such affidavit should be confined to, and should follow the chronological sequence of, the
    dates and events that are relevant for proving any fact or any other matter dealt with;
        (b) where the Court is of the view that an affidavit is a mere reproduction of the pleadings, or
    contains the legal grounds of any party’s case, the Court may, by order, strike out the affidavit or such
    parts of the affidavit, as it deems fit and proper;
        (c) each paragraph of an affidavit should, as far as possible, be confined to a distinct portion of
    the subject;
         (d) an affidavit shall state—
            (i) which of the statements in it are made from the deponent’s own knowledge and which are
         matters of information or belief; and
              (ii) the source for any matters of information or belief;
         (e) an affidavit should—


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  * Ins. by Act 4 of 2016, s. 16 and Sch., Shall be applicable to commercial disputes of a specified value. (w.e.f. 23-10-2015).


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