Section 26 of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912 – Proof of entries in societies’ books

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Section 26: Proof of entries in societies’ books

A copy of any 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 the rules, be received, in any suit or legal proceeding, 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.

Source: official text of The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912 as published on India Code (PDF). All sections of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912.