law: Trade Marks Act, 1999  
  138. Registrar and other officers not
  
  compellable to produce register, etc  .- 
  The Registrar or any officer of the Trade
  
  Marks Registry shall not, in any legal proceedings to which he is not a party,
  
  be compellable to produce the register or any other document in his custody,
  
  the contents of which can be proved by the production of a certified copy
  
  issued under this Act or to appear as a witness to prove the matters therein
  
  recorded unless by order of the court made for special cause.