Cap. 13 ст. 23Power of court to orderproductionof correspondence, etc.

(1) In the course of an action, the court may, at the instance of one of the parties or of its own motion, order the production of all correspondence touching the question at issue, and of the trade books in order to abstract therefrom such portion only as relates to the controversy.

(2) In such case, a qualified accountant chosen by agreement between the parties or, in default, nominated by the court, ex officio may be appointed in order to ascertain, without removing the books and in the presence of the person producing them, whether such books are in order, and to abstract therefrom such entries as relate to the controversy.

(3) The opposite party may in counter-evidence produce his own books kept according to law.