State Act

THE UTTAR PRADESH AVAS EVAM VIKAS PARISHAD ADHINIYAM, 1965

89- (1) A copy of an entry in any register, or of any receipt, application, plan, notice, order or other document in the possession of the Board, shall, if duly certified by an officer authorized in this behalf, be received as prima facie evidence of the entry or document and be admitted, as evidence of the matter or transaction therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent as, the original entry or document would if produced, have been admissible to prove such matters. (2) No member, officer or servant of the Board shall, if any legal proceeding to which the Board is not a party, be required to produce any register or document, the contents of which can be proved under sub-section (1) by a certified copy, or to appear as a witness to proves the matter or transaction recorded therein, unless the court for reason, to be recorded, considers it necessary to make such an order.