Proof of entries in society’s books

("Proof of entries in society’s books")

1. (1) A copy of any entry in a book of a society regularly kept in the course of business shall, if certified in such manner as may be prescribed, be received in any suit or legal proceeding as prima facie evidence of the existence of such entry, and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent to which, the original entry itself is admissible.
2. (2) No officer of a society shall, in any legal proceeding to which the society is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the society's books the contents of which can be proved under sub-section (1), or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded, unless by order of the Court or the arbitrator made for special cause.