Section 223. Mode of proof of municipal record and fee for certified copy.

(1) A copy of any receipt, application, plan, notice, order, entry in a register or other document in the possession of a Nagar Panchayat or a Council, shall, if duly certified by any person authorised by any bye-law in this behalf, be received as evidence of the existence of any entry or document and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters and transactions therein recorded in every case, where and to the same extent as, the original entry or document would, if produced, have been admissible to prove such matters. (2) For the issue of such copies the Nagar Panchayat or as the case may be, the Council may impose such fees as may be fixed by any bye-law in this behalf.