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Section 109-A: Custody and mode of proof of records

The United Provinces Panchayat Raj ActState Act of Uttar Pradesh · Act 26 of 1947

[ 109-A. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other provisions of this Act,

(a) all records of a Gram Panchayat shall be in the custody of its Secretary;

(b) The Secretary shall give to a person, on an application and on payment of such fee as may be prescribed, a copy of any such records and certify it as a true copy under his signature and seal of the Gram Panchayat.

(2) A duly certified copy of any record of a Gram Panchayat shall be received as prima facie evidence of the existence of the record and shall be admitted as evidence of the matter therein recorded in every case, where and to the same extent as the original record would, if produced, have been admissible to prove such matters.]

Where this provision sits

ActThe United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act
Section109-A
Marginal noteCustody and mode of proof of records
JurisdictionState of Uttar Pradesh
StatusIn force as published by the source

How this provision has been amended

Taken from the footnotes printed with the provision by the source. Where a footnote names the amending instrument, it is quoted as printed.

  • substituted, U.P. Act 33 of 1999. Subs. by sec. 5 of U.P. Act 33 of 1999.

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