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No.13
Electronic Transactions
2015
Amendment
of section
34B
45. Section 34B of the principal Act is amended by
inserting the words “or electronic” between the words
“written” and “statements” wherever” they appear in that
section.
Addition of
section 64A
46. The principal Act is amended by adding a new
section 64A as follows:
“Admisibility
64A.-(1) In any proceedings,
of electronic
electronic evidence shall be admissible.
evidence
(2) The admissibility and
weight of electronic evidence shall be
determined in the manner prescribed
under section 18 of the Electronic
Transaction Act, 2015.
(3) For the purpose of this
section, “electronic evidence” means
any data or information stored in
electronic form or electronic media or
retrieved from a computer system,
which can be presented as evidence.”
(c) Amendment of the Records and Archives Management Act, Cap.309
Construction
Cap.309
47. This Part shall be read as one with the Records
and Archives Management Act, hereinafter referred to as the
“principal Act”.
Amendment
of section 2
48. The principal Act is amended in section 2 by
inserting the words “or electronic” immediately after the
word “recorded” appearing in the definition of the term
“record”.
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