Section 40
Mode of proof of University records.
The Maulana Azad National Urdu University Act, 1996
About this Act
An Act to establish and incorporate in University at the national level mainly to promote and develop Urdu language and to import vocational and technical education in Urdu medium through conventional teaching and distance education system and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
A copy of any receipt, application, notice, order,
proceeding, resolution of any authority or Committee of the University, or other documents in possession
of the University, or any entry in any register duly maintained by the University, if certified by the
Registrar, shall be received as prima facie evidence of such receipt, application, notice, order, proceeding,
resolution or documents or the existence of entry in the register and shall be admitted as evidence of the
matters and transactions therein where the original thereof would, if produced, have been admissible in
evidence, notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) or in any
other law for the time being in force.