(l) A copy of any entry in a book of a multi state cooperative society regularly kept in the course of its business shall, if certified in such manner as may be prescribed, be received in any suit or legal proceedings 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 if admissible.(2) No officer of a multi state cooperative society and no officer in whose office the books of multi state cooperative societies are deposited after liability of multi state cooperative society shall, in any legal proceedings to which the society or the liquidator is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the society books or documents the contents of which can be proved under this section, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded, except under an order of a court or an arbitrator made for a special cause. Admissibility of copy of entry in book Admissibility of copy of entry in book. The writing or record shall not be rendered inadmissible by (1) a party's failure to produce as witnesses the person or persons who made the writing or record, or who have personal knowledge of the act, transaction, occurrence or event recorded or (2) the party's failure to show that such persons are unavailable as witnesses. Either of such facts and all other circumstances of the making of the writing or record, including lack of personal knowledge by the entrant or maker, may be shown to affect the weight of the evidence, but not to affect its admissibility. No officer of a registered under cooperative societies and no officer in whose office the books of a co-operative society are deposited after liquidation shall, in any legal proceedings to which the cooperative society or the liquidator is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the co-operative society's books or documents the contents of which can be proved under this section, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters, transactions and accounts there in recorded, except under order of the court or the arbitrator made for special cause.