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Definition :

Copy [copia, Lat.], the transcript or double of an original writing; as the copy of a patent charter, deed, etc. As to when copies certified or examined are admissible in evidence, see Taylor on Evidence, ss. 1323 et seq.

'Copy' means a copy which it substantially the same as the original variation if any from the original should not be vital in nature or should not be such that can possibly mislead a reasonable person in meeting to allegation. If the copy differs in martial particulars from the original the same cannot be cured after the period of limitation, Chandrakant Uttam Chodankar v. Dayanand Raju Mandrakar, (2005) 2 SCC 188.

The word 'copy' in s. 419 means, a certified copy', State of Uttar Pradesh v. C. Tobit, AIR 1958 SC 414: 1958 SCR 1275. (Criminal Procedure Code, 1898, s. 419)

--The word 'copy' in sub-s. (3) of s. 81 does not mean an absolutely exact copy, but means that the copy shall be so true that nobody can by any possibility misunderstand it, Murarka Redhey Shyam Ram Kumar v. Roop Singh Rathore, AIR 1964 SC 1545 (1550). [Representation of the People Act (43 of 1951), s. 81(3)]