Section 7. Proof of statement or declaration before any court or authority

7. (1) A statement or declaration furnished to the Secretary under section 3, section 4, section 5 or sub-section (3) of section 6 may be proved in any Court or before any authority by production of a copy of the Gazette in which it has been published under section 6. (2) The Secretary or any other member of the secretarial staff of any House of the Legislature shall not ordinarily by summoned or required to produce the original statement or declaration or to prove any other fact in connection therewith. (3) Where a Court or other authority, for reasons to be recorded, considers the production of the original statement or declaration to be necessary, a letter of request shall be sent by it to the Speaker of theLegislative Assembly or the Chairman of the Legislative Council, as the case may be, for leave of the House to have the original statement or declaration produced before such Court or authority through a member of the secretarial staff of the House who may thereupon be examined as a witness.