State Act

THE MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF GOVERNANCE AND SOCIAL SCIENCES ACT, 2023

44. Mode of proof of the record.- (1) A copy of any receipt, application, notice, order, proceeding or resolution of any authority or committee of the Institute, or other documents in the possession of the Institute or any entry in any register duly maintained by the Institute, if certified by the Director shall notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, be admitted as prima facie evidence of the matters and transactions specified therein, where the original thereof would, if produced, have been admitted in evidence. (2) No employee of the Institute shall in any proceeding to which the Institution is not a party, be required to produce any document, register or other record of the Institute, the contents of which can be proved under sub-section (1) by a certified copy, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters and transactions recorded therein unless by order of the Court made for special cause.