No oral evidence having the effect of adding to or otherwise varying or contradicting standing orders as finally certified under this Act shall be admitted in any Court.
                                                    STATE AMENDMENTS
    Karnataka
    Amendment of section 12.--In section 12 of the principal Act, after the words "finally certified", the words "or adopted" shall be inserted.
[Vide Karnataka Act 12 of 2014, s. 9]
     Maharashtra.--
     Amendment of section 12 of Act XX of 1946.--In section 12 of the said Act,--
        (a) for the words "standing orders as finally certified under this Act" the words "standing orders or the model standing orders, or model standing standing orders" with all the amendments as finally under this Act, as case may be," shall be substituted.
        (b) in the marginal note, for the words "standing order" the words "standing orders, etc," shall be substituted.
[Vide Bombay Act XXI of 1958, s. 15]