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RA 6938 (Cooperative Code of the Philippines) Article 56

RA 6938 (Cooperative Code of the Philippines) Article 56

Probative Value of Certified Copies of Entries.

Article 56

ART. 56. Probative Value of Certified Copies of Entries. — (1) A copy of any entry in any book, register or list regularly kept in the course of business in the possession of a cooperative shall, if duly certified in accordance with the rules of evidence, be admissible as evidence of the existence of the entry and prima facie evidence of the matters and transactions therein recorded. (2) No person or a cooperative in possession of the books of such cooperative shall, in any legal proceedings to which the cooperative is not a party, be compelled to produce any of the books of the cooperative, the contents of which can be proved and the matters, transactions and accounts therein recorded, unless by order of a competent court.

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CitationRA 6938 (Cooperative Code of the Philippines) Article 56 (LawPlayer, data as of July 4, 2026)

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