Section 59: Notes of Evidence and Minutes of Proceedings to be Kept by Presiding Judge.

(1) In every cause or matter, the presiding Judge shall take down in writing the substance of all oral evidence given before the Court and minutes of the proceedings, and shall sign the same at any adjournment of the case and at the conclusion thereof;
Provided that the presiding Judge may, cause the whole or any part of the proceedings to be recorded in shorthand by an officer shorthand writer in accordance with such conditions as may be imposed by Rules of Court.
(2) No person shall be entitled, as of right, to the inspection of or to a copy of the records so kept as aforesaid save as may be expressly provided for by Rules of Court.
(3) The record so kept as aforesaid or a copy thereof purporting to be signed and certified as a true copy by the Registrar shall at all times, without further proof, be admitted as evidence of such proceedings and of the statement made by the witnesses.