1.In commercial proceedings, a litigant may request that the opposing party produces an instrument related to the proceedings or gives him access thereto to peruse it, and the court shall order the same according to the following controls: a.The instrument must be specific or of a specific type; b.The instrument must be related to the commercial transaction, the subject matter of the proceedings, or leads to revealing the truth about the same; and c.The access to such instrument may not lead to the infringement of any right to trade secrets or any associated rights, unless the court decides otherwise under a substantiated decision. 2.If the opposing party refuses to produce the instrument to the requesting litigant as ordered by the court pursuant to the provisions of Clause (1) of this Article, the court may deem his refusal as a presumption of the veracity of the requesting litigant's claims.
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