Section 17

A certificate in writing purporting to be under the hand of the

Minister or Chief Minister personally that any person was at the material date an officer under his administrative control or that any

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such officer was expressly or impliedly authorized by him to signify, sign or countersign a certain regulation, order, direction, approval, permission, consent or document shall be conclusive evidence of the facts stated in such certificate.

Where any such regulation, order, direction, approval, permission, consent or document has been signified, signed or countersigned by any officer not authorized in that behalf the Minister or Chief Minister concerned as the case may be may ratify such signification, signature or countersignature and thereupon the same shall have effect as if at the date on which such signification, signature or countersignature was effected or affixed by such officer he had been duly authorized thereto.

Signification of orders, etc., and signing of documents by other persons