Section 26
Proof of entries in books of Farmers’ Organization and member-units
of Farmers' Organization Act 1973
A copy of any entry in a book of a Farmers’ Organization or member-unit of such Farmers’ Organization regularly kept in the course of business shall, if certified in such manner as may be prescribed by the regulations, be received in any legal proceedings, civil or criminal, as prima facie evidence of the existence of such entry and shall be admitted as evidence of the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent as, the original entry itself is admissible.
(2)
No officer of any such Farmers’ Organization or member-unit shall, in any legal proceedings to which the Farmers’ Organization or member-unit is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the
Farmers’ Organization’s or member-unit’s books, the contents of which can be proved under subsection (1) or to appear as a witness to prove any matters, transactions or accounts therein recorded, unless the court for special reasons so directs.