Sec.  1.360   Proof of lack of record.

   The  absence of an official record or entry of a specified tenor in an
   official  record  may be evidenced by a written statement signed by an
   officer, or by his deputy, who would have custody of the official record, if
   it existed, that after diligent search no record or entry of a specified
   tenor is found to exist in the records of his office, accompanied by a
   certificate  as provided in  Sec. 1.359. Such statement and certificate are
   admissible as evidence that the records of his office contain no such record
   or entry.