263. No officer or servant of a 1[Zila Panchayat] or of a 1[Kshettra Panchayat] shall in any legal proceeding to which the 1[Zila Panchayat] or the 1[Kshettra Panchayat] is not a party, be required to produce any register or document, the contents of which can be proved under the preceding section by a certified copy, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters and transactions recorded therein unless by order of the court made for special cause.
<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><b>263.</b> No officer or servant of a <b><sup>1</sup></b>[Zila Panchayat] or of a <b><sup>1</sup></b>[Kshettra Panchayat] shall in any legal proceeding to which the <b><sup>1</sup></b>[Zila Panchayat] or the <b><sup>1</sup></b>[Kshettra Panchayat] is not a party, be required to produce any register or document, the contents of which can be proved under the preceding section by a certified copy, or to appear as a witness to prove the matters and transactions recorded therein unless by order of the court made for special cause. <br>