Mode of proof of records of Prescribed Authority and the Planning and Development Authority.

Notwithstanding anything contained in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (Central Act 1 of 1872.), a copy of any receipt, application, plan, notice, order, entry in a register, or other document in the possession of the Prescribed Authority or any Planning and Development Authority, if duly certified by the authorized keeper thereof, or other person authorized by the Prescribed Authority or Planning and Development Authority in this behalf, shall be received as prima facie evidence of the existence of such receipt, application, plan, notice, order, 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 receipt, application, plan, notice, order, entry or document would, if produced, have been admissible.