messages
admissibility of a data message, in evidence
(a) on the mere grounds that it is constituted
by a data message; or
(b) if it is the best evidence that the person
adducing it could reasonably be expected
to obtain, on the grounds that it is not in its
original form.
(2) Information in the form of a data message shall
be given due evidential weight.
(3) In assessing the evidential weight of a data
message, regard shall be had to
(a) the reliability of the manner in which the
data message was generated, stored or
communicated;
(b) the reliability of the manner in which the
integrity of the data message was
maintained;
(c) the manner in which its originator was
identified; and
(d) any other relevant factor.
(4) A data message made by a person in the
ordinary course of business, or a copy or print out
of or an extract from the data message certified to
be correct by an officer in the service of the
person, is on its mere production in any civil,
criminal, administrative or disciplinary proceedings
under any law, the rules of a self regulatory
organization or any other law or the common law,
admissible in evidence against any person and
rebuttable proof of the facts contained in the
record, copy, printout or extract.
Signature
189. (1) Where the law requires a signature of a
person, that requirement is met in relation to a data
message if
(a) a method is used to identify that person and
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