Section 68

Every public officer having the custody of a public document which any person has a right to inspect shall give that person on demand a copy of it on payment of the legal fees therefore, together with a certificate, written at the foot of such copy, that it is a true copy of such document or part thereof, and such certificate shall be dated and subscribed by such offi.cer with his name and his official title, and shall be sealed whenever such officer is authorised by law to make use of a seal, and such copies so certifi.ed shall be called certified copies.

Explanation

Any offi.cer who by the ordinary course of official duty is authorized to deliver such copies shall be deemed to have the custody of such documents within the meaning of this section.

Proof of documents by production of certified copies.