Sodišče presodi po prostem prepričanju, upoštevajoč vse okoliščine, kakšnega pomena je to, da stranka, ki ima listino, noče ugoditi sklepu, s katerim ji je naloženo, naj jo predloži, ali če proti prepričanju sodišča zanika, da bi bila listina pri njej.
The court shall assess, by its persuasion and taking into account all circumstances of the case, the significance of the fact that a party possessing a document fails to comply with an order to produce it, or asserts, contrary to the belief of the court, that they are not in possession of such document.