(1) A copy of any receipt, application, plan, notice, order or other document or of any entry in a register in the possession of the municipal council shall, if duly certified by the Municipal Commissioner or the Chief Officer, be admissible in evidence of the existence of the document or entry, and shall be admitted as evidence of the matter and transactions, therein recorded in every case where and to the same extent to which the original document or entry would, if produced, have been admissible to prove such matters and transactions.

(2) No municipal officer or other employee shall, in any legal proceedingsto which the municipal council is not a party, be required to produce any register or document the contents of which can be proved under sub-section (1) be a certified copy, or to appear as a witness to prove any matter ortransaction recorded therein save by order of the court made for special cause.