Section 9: Merit of entry in books of the society.

(1) A copy of an entry in a book of a registered society regularly kept in the course of business shall, if certified in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations, be received in any legal proceeding, 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) An officer of a society shall not in any legal proceeding to which the society is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the society's books, the contents of which can be proved under subsection (1) of this section or to appear as a witness to prove any matter, transaction or accounts recorded in the bodies, unless the court, for special reasons, so orders.