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(1) A copy of any entry in a book of a Co-operative society regularly kept in the course of its business shall, if certified by duly authorised person, be accepted in any suit or legal proceedings as a prima facie evidence of the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent as, the original entry is admissible. (2) No Officer or liquidator of a Co-operative society or no other officer in whose custody the books and other records of a Co-operative society have been kept after the Co-operative society has been dissolved shall, in any legal proceedings to which the Co-operative society or the liquidator thereof is not a party, be compelled to produce any such books or other records, the contents of which can be proved under sub-section (1) or to appear as a witness can be proved under sub-section (1) or to appear as a witness to prove matters, transactions or accounts therein recorded unless he is specifically directed by the order of the court or the Registar or an arbitrator. 2 of 1974. 45 of 1860. 80 THE KOLKATA GAZETTE, EXTRAORDINARY, MAY 25, 2010 [PART III Power to add to Fifth Schedule. Power to make rules. The West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 2006. (Chapter XVI.—Offences, penalties and procedures.—Section 153.— Chapter XVIL—Miscellaneous.—Sections 154-157.)