§271-11  Copies of schedules, tariffs,contracts, etc., kept as public records; evidence.  The copies ofschedules and classifications and tariffs of rates, fares, and charges, and allcontracts, agreements and arrangements between motor carriers filed with thepublic utilities commission as herein provided, and the statistics, tables, andfigures contained in the annual or other reports of carriers made to thecommission as required under this chapter shall be preserved as public recordsin the custody of the commission (except any contract, agreement, orarrangement between a contract carrier by motor vehicle and a shipper shallonly be made public as provided in section 271-25), and shall be received asprima facie evidence of what they purport to be for the purpose ofinvestigations by the commission and in all judicial proceedings; and copies ofand extracts from any of the schedules, classifications, tariffs, contracts,agreements, arrangements, or reports, made public records as aforesaid,certified by the commission under the commission's seal, shall be received inevidence with like effect as the originals. [L 1961, c 121, pt of §2; Supp,§106C-9; HRS §271-11]