Power to require claimants to furnish full particulars and documents

(1) The Court of Wards may by written order require that any claim- ant submitting his claim shall within such reasonable time as it may prescribe in such order, furnish full particulars thereof, and produce all documents (including entries in books of account) on which he relies to support his claim, together with a true copy of every such document : Provided that, where the claim relates to an amount secured by a decree or award, it shall be sufficient for the claimant to produce before the Court of Wards, a certified copy of the decree and a certificate from the Court which passed or is executing the same declaring the amount recoverable thereunder or a true copy of the award and statement of the sum recoverable thereunder, as the case may be; and where the claim is pending adjudication in any Court or has been referred to arbitration, it shall be sufficient for the claimant to pro- duce a certified copy of the plaint, or a true copy of the reference to arbitration, as the case may be. (2) The Court of Wards shall, after marking for the purpose of identification, every original document so produced and verifying the correctness of the copy, retain the copy and return the original to the claimant. (3) Where any document, which is in the possession or under the control of a claimant, is not produced by him in accordance with an order under sub-section (1), the document shall not be admissible in evidence against the Government ward, whether during the continuance of the superintendence or after- wards, in any suit brought- by such claimant, or by any person claiming under him, in respect of any claim to which such document relates, unless it is proved to the satisfaction of the Court that he was unable to produce such document as required by such order.