Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers Rights Act,2001
Section 83. Authority, Registrar and other officers not compellable to production of Register, etc
The Authority or the Registrar or any officer working under the Authority or the Registrar, as the case may be, shall not, in any legal proceedings, be compelled to produce the Register or any other document in its or his custody, Accontent of which can be proved by the production of a certified copy issued under this Act in the prescribed manner or to appear as a witness to prove the matter there in recorded unless by order of the court made for special cause.