State government has informed that the Second Administrative Reforms Commission of the Government of India has recommended adoption of self-certification provision for simplifying procedures for production of documents like birth certificates, marksheets etc.
In an office memorandum, Nagaland chief secretary Nagaland Banuo Z. Jamir stated that the Government of India has adopted the system of self-certification of documents like marksheet, birth certificate etc by the applicants instead of asking for an attested copy of the documents by a gazetted officer or filing of affidavits. Under the self-attestation method, the original documents are required to be produced at the final stage.
Therefore, considering the citizen friendly method of self-certification, it has been decided by the government of Nagaland that all the departments, educational institutions should accept self-certification of only the marksheets, birth certificates, scheduled tribe/scheduled caste certificates, indigenous inhabitant certificates, which did not require any affidavit or certification by the notary public/magistrates, shall be permitted.
Further, the minors under the law shall not be allowed to certify. The respective parents/legal guardians may certify.
All self-certifications would accompany with the self-declaration and the penalty for false statements/certificates which was enclosed.
The department/head of office/head of department/head of institute would however be vested with the responsibility of ascertaining the genuineness of the certificates.
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