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263. No officer or servant of a 1 [Zila Panchayat] or of a 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] shall in any legal proceeding to which the 1 [Zila Panchayat] or the 1 [Kshettra Panchayat] is not a party, be required to produce any register or document, the contents of which can be proved under the preceding section by a certified copy, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters and transactions recorded therein unless by order of the court made for special cause.