Section 70-B. Certificate on printed copies of laws  


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  • 1. A published or
      printed copy of a law shall be entitled to be read into evidence  if  it
      is:    (a) Contained in a book or pamphlet published under the direction
      of the temporary president of the senate and  speaker  of  the  assembly
      pursuant to the provisions of section forty-four of the legislative law;
      or
        (b)  Certified  to  be  a slip copy of a session law printed under the
      direction of the temporary president of the senate and  speaker  of  the
      assembly; or
        (c)  Contained  in  a  book  or  pamphlet,  or supplement thereto, and
      certified by the temporary president of the senate and  speaker  of  the
      assembly  to  be  a  correct  transcript of the text of such law as last
      amended; or
        (d) Certified as a correct transcript of the text of such law  by  the
      secretary of state.
        2.  A published or printed copy of the administrative code of the city
      of New York shall be  entitled  to  be  read  into  evidence  if  it  is
      contained  in a book or pamphlet, or supplement thereto and certified by
      the temporary president of the senate and the speaker of the assembly to
      be a correct transcript of the  text  of  such  code  as  last  amended;
      provided,  however,  that  whenever  the provisions of such code contain
      amendments, additions or repeals effected by passage of  local  laws  by
      the city council of the city of New York, certification by the temporary
      president  of  the  senate  and the speaker of the assembly shall not be
      made unless prior thereto certified or official  copies  of  such  local
      laws  have been transmitted by the city clerk of the city of New York to
      the New York state legislative bill drafting commission at its office in
      Albany.