Section 55
Documentary proof
of Federal Territory (Planning) Act 1982
Every document referred to in section 54 and duly authenticated and certified in the manner thereto described and every document in the form of receipt, application, record or register issued, made or maintained under, by virtue of or for the purposes of this Act shall if duly certified by the Commissioner or an authorized officer in this behalf be admissible as proof of the contents of such document.
(2)
A copy of any document referred to in subsection (1) or any extract therefrom, if duly certified by the Commissioner or any authorized officer in this behalf, shall be admitted as evidence of the matter and transaction therein expressed in any case where and to the same extent as the original of such document would if produced have been admissible to prove such matters and transactions.
(3)
Notwithstanding the provisions of any written law, in any proceedings under this Act, a certificate for the purpose of establishing the registered proprietor of any land which purports to be signed by the Registrar of Titles or the Collector of Land Revenue as the case may be shall, unless the contrary is proved, be evidence of any fact stated therein.