Proof of entries in societies' books.

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(1) A copy of any entry in a book of a society regularly kept in the course of its business shall, if certified in such manner as may be prescribed, be received, in any suit or legal proceedings or for any other purpose, as prima facie evidence 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 as, the original entry itself is admissible. (2) Copies of any document obtained and kept by a society in the course of its business or of any entries in such document, if certified in the prescribed manner, shall be admitted in evidence in any suit or legal proceeding or for any other purpose in the same manner and to the same extent as the original document or the entries therein as the case may be is admissible. (3) No officer of a society and no officer in whose office the books of a society are deposited after liquidation shall, in any legal proceedings to which the society or the liquidator is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the society's books or documents the contents of which can be proved under this section, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded, unless by order of the Court or an arbitrator, made for special cause.

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