FILLING OF CASUAL VACANCIES
+38. (1) Omitted.
*(2) Casual vacancies in any office or in any authority + shall
be filled up by the authority which has power to appoint to the office
or authority* *.
39. Proceedings of University authorities not invalidated
by vacancies
-No act or proceeding of any authority of the
University shall be invalidated merely by reason of the existence of a
vacancy or vacancies among its members.
*40. Protection of action taken in good faith
-No suit or
other legal proceeding shall be against any officer or employee of the
University for anything which is in good faith done, or intended to be
done, in pursuance of the provisions of this Act, Statutes or Ordi-
nances.
*41. Mode of proof of University record
-A copy of any
receipt, application, notice, order, proceeding, resolution of any
authority or Committee of the University, or other documents in
possession of the University, or any entry in any register duly
maintained by the University, if certified by the Registrar, shall be
received as prima facie evidence of such receipt, application, notice,
order, proceedings or resolution, documents or the existence of entry
in the register and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters and
transactions therein where the original thereof would, if produced,
have been admissible in evidence, notwithstanding anything contained
in the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 (1 of 1872) or in any other law for
the time being in force.
*Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1972.
+Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1951.
+Government of India (Adaptation of Indian Laws Order), 1937.
**Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1965.
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