In a suit for recovery of a loan, a bank proposes to prove entries in its ledger without producing the original ledger, and produces a copy of the entries certified by its manager. Under Section 4 of the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891, such a certified copy:

Section 4 of the Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 1891 provides that, subject to the provisions of the Act, a certified copy of any entry in a banker's book shall in all legal proceedings be received 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, and to the same extent, as the original entry itself is admissible, but not further. The copy must satisfy the definition of 'certified copy', which requires a certificate by the principal accountant or manager that the entry is contained in one of the ordinary books of the bank, was made in the usual and ordinary course of business, and that the book remains in the custody of the bank. Production of the original ledger is not required.