The following publicdocuments may be proved as follows:--
- Acts, orders or notifications of 1*[the CentralGovernment] in any of its departments, 2*[or of the Crown Representative] or of any State Government or anydepartment of any State Government,--by the records of the departments, certified bythe heads of those departments respectively,or by any document purporting to be printed byorder of any such Government 2*[or, as the case may be,of the Crown Representative];
- the proceedings of the Legislatures,--
by the journals of those bodies respectively, or
by published Acts or abstracts, or by copies purporting
to be printed 3*[by order of the Government concerned];
- proclamations, orders or regulations issued by 4*HerMajesty or by the Privy Council, or by any departmentof 4*Her Majesty's Government,--by copies or extracts contained in the LondonGazette, or purporting to be printed by the Queen's Printer;
- the Acts of the Executive or the proceedings of the Legislature of a foreign country,--by journals published by their authority, or commonly received in that country as such, or by a copy certified under the seal of the country or sovereign, or by a recognition thereof in some 5*[Central Act]:
- the proceedings of a municipal body in 6*[a State],-- by a copy of such proceedings, certified by the legal keeper thereof, or by a printed book purporting to be published by the authority of such body;
1. Subs. by the A. O. 1937 for "the Executive Govt, of British India".
2. Ins. ibid.
3. Subs., ibid., for "by order of Govt."
4. The words "Her Majesty" shall stand unmodified, vide the A. O.1950.
5. Subs. by the A. O. 1937 for "public Act of the Governor Generalof India in Council".
6. Subs. by the A. O. 1950. for "a Province".
- public documents of any other class in a foreign country,--by the original, or by a copy certified by thelegal keeper thereof, with a certificate under the seal of a Notary Public, or of 1*[an Indian Consul] or diplomatic agent, that the copy is duly certified by the officer having the legal custody of the original, and upon proof of the character of the document according to the law of the foreign country.
1. Subs. by the A. O. 1950 for "a British Consul".