1.If the opposing party admits that the instrument is in his possession or he remains silent or the requesting litigant establishes the veracity of his request, the court shall order the instrument to be immediately produced or on the date set by it. 2.If the opposing party refuses to produce the requested instrument after he is given a time limit for one time, the copy produced by the requesting litigant shall be deemed as a carbon copy of the original. If the requesting litigant had not produced a copy of the instrument, the court may accept his statements as to the form and content of the instrument. 3.If the opposing party denies the possession of the instrument and the requesting litigant fails to submit to the court adequate evidence proving the veracity of his request, the requesting litigant may request that the court administers an oath to the opposing party that such instrument does not exist, he has no knowledge of its existence or whereabouts, he is not hiding it, or he did not neglect to search for it in order to prevent his requesting party from using it as evidence. If the opposing party refrains from taking the abovementioned oath and does not defer the oath to the requesting litigant or defers the oath to the requesting litigant who takes the oath, the copy produced by the requesting litigant shall be deemed as a carbon copy of the original. If the requesting litigant had not produced a copy of the instrument, the court may accept the requesting litigant's statements as to the form and content of the instrument.
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