Indian Evidence Act, 1872

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Sections	Particulars
Chapter VI	The Exclusion Of Oral By Documentary Evidence
93	Exclusion of evidence to explain or amend ambiguous document
Description	When the language used in a document is, on its face, ambiguous or defective, evidence may not be given of facts which would show its meaning or supply its defects. Illustrations (a) A agrees, in writing, to sell a horse to B for "Rs. 1,000 or Rs. 1,500".Evidence cannot be given to show which price was to be given. (b) A deed contains blanks. Evidence cannot be given of facts which would show how they were meant to be filled.