–Such certified copies may be produced in proof of the contents of the public documents or parts of the public documents of which they purport to be copies. 1. Ins. by Act 5 of 1899, s. 3. 2. Ins. by Act 21 of 2000, s. 92 and the Second Schedule (w.e.f. 17-10-2000). 3. The original words “whether of British India, or of any other part of Her Majesty’s Dominios” have successively been amended by the A.O. 1948 and the A.O. 1950 to read as above. 4. Subs. by the A.O. 1950, for “in any Province”. 37