Any person may be summoned to produce a document, without being summoned to give evidence; and any person summoned merely to produce a document shall be deemed to have complied with the summons if he causes such document to be produced instead of attending personally to produce the same.
Order XVI Rule 1 CPC List of witnesses and summons to witnesses
Order XVI Rule 1A CPC Production of witnesses without summons
Order XVI Rule 2 CPC Expenses of witness to be paid into Court on applying for summons
Order XVI Rule 3 CPC Tender of expenses to witness
Order XVI Rule 4 CPC Procedure where insufficient sum paid in
Order XVI Rule 5 CPC Time, place and purpose of attendance to be specified in summons
Order XVI Rule 6 CPC Summons to produce document
Order XVI Rule 7 CPC Power to require persons present in Court to give evidence or produce document
Order XVI Rule 7A CPC Summons given to the party for service
Order XVI Rule 8 CPC Summons how served
Order XVI Rule 9 CPC Time for serving summons
Order XVI Rule 10 CPC Procedure where witness fails to comply with summons