Proof of public documents allows certified departmental records, official prints, gazette extracts, or consular notarisation as evidence. Permissible proof for public documents includes departmental records certified by the head of the department or government-printed copies for central and state Acts, orders and notifications; parliamentary and legislative proceedings by their journals or published Acts; promulgations by Executive authorities via Official Gazette extracts; municipal proceedings by certified copies from the legal custodian; and foreign public documents by originals or certified copies with notarial or consular certification attesting proper custody and proof of character under foreign law.