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THE BANKER'S BOOKS EVIDENCE ACT, 1891 THE BANKER'S BOOKS EVIDENCE ACT, 1891 (ACT NO. XVIII OF 1891) 2. Definition.--In this Act, unless there is something repugnant in the subject or context:‑ 4(1) "company" means a company registered under any of the enactments relating to companies for the time being in force in any part of His Majesty's domination or incorporated by an Act of Parliament 5[of the Untied Kingdom] or by a 6[Pakistan] law or by Royal Charter or by Letters Patent;] _________________________________________________ 4. Subs. by A.O. 1937, for previous definition which had been subs. for original definition by the 5. Banker's Books Evidence Act, 1900 (12 of 1900). 5. Ins. By A.O. 1961, Art. 2 and (with effect from the 23rd March, 1956). 6. Subs. by A.O. 1949 Sch. for India . (2) "bank" and "banker" means:-- (a) any company carrying on the business of bankers; (b) any partnership or individual to whose books the provisions of this Act shall have been extended as hereinafter provided; 7(c) any post -office saving bank or money order;] ____________________________________________________________ 7. Cl. (c) was added by s. 2 of the Banker's Books Evidence Act, 1893 (1 of 1893). (3) banker's books include ledgers, day-books, cash-books account-book and all other books used in the ordinary business of a bank; (4) "legal proceedings" means any proceeding or inquiry in which evidence is or may be given and includes an arbitration; (5) "the Court" means the person or persons before whom a legal proceeding is held or taken; (6) "Judge" means a Judge of a High Court; (7) "Trial mean any hearing before the Court at which evidence is taken; and (8) "certified copy" means a copy of any entry in the books of a bank together with a certificate written at the foot of such copy that it is true copy of such entry, that such entry is continued in one of the ordinary books of the bank and was made in the usual and ordinary course of business and that such book is still in the custody of the bank, such certificate being dated and subscribed by the principal accountant or manager of the bank with his name and official title.