law: Geographical Indications of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999
  70. Registrar and
  
  other officers not compellable to produce register, etc.-
  The Registrar or any
  
  officer of the Geographical Indications 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.