Section 48: Notes of evidence and minutes of proceedings to be kept by presiding judge.

(1) In every cause or matter the Court 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 Court may cause the whole or any part of the proceedings to be recorded either manually or by electronic devices by an official employed for that purpose except that the transcript of such recording shall be transcribed and duly authenticated by the signature of the presiding Judge in a manner prescribed 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 pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, except as may be imposed by Rules of Court.
(3) The record so kept pursuant to subsection (1) of this section, or a copy thereof signed and certified by the registrar as a true copy shall at all times without further proof, be admitted as evidence of such proceedings and of statements made by the witnesses.