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The Laws of Fiji
Last Updated: 24 June 2022

[COOP 34] Proof of entries in the books of a co-operative34 

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(1) A copy of an entry in a book of a co-operative, regularly kept in the course of business, shall be prima facie evidence in any legal proceedings, civil or criminal, of the existence of the entry and of the matters, transaction and accounts therein recorded in every case where, and to the same extent as, the original entry itself is admissible.
(2) A copy of an entry in the book of a co-operative shall be certified by a written certificate at the foot of that copy, declaring that it is a true copy of that entry and that the book containing the entry is still in the custody of the co-operative, such certificate being dated and signed by the chairperson and the secretary of the co-operative.
(3) No officer of any co-operative shall, in any legal proceedings to which the co-operatives or the liquidator of the co-operative is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the co-operative's books, the contents of which can be proved under subsection (1) or to appear as witness to prove matters, transactions or account therein recorded, unless the court for special reasons so directs.