law: Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984 
  56. Admissibility of
  
  copy of entry as evidence.- 
  1.     
  
    A
  
  copy of any entry in a book of a multi-State cooperative society regularly kept
  
  in the course of its business shall, if certifies in such manner as may be
  
  prescribed, be received in any suit or legal proceedings as prima facie
  
  evidence of the existence of such entry and shall be admitted as evidence of
  
  the matters, transactions and accounts therein every case where and to the same
  
  extent as, the original entry itself is admissible.
  2.     
  
    No
  
  officer of a multi-State cooperative society and no officer in whose office the
  
  books of a multi-State cooperative 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, except under
  
  an order of a court or an arbitrator made for a special cause.