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Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Ordinance

Part 5—Division 2
Ord. No. 20 of 2020
Section 13
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(3) A provision in this Part that applies in relation to a provision of written law or a direction of a court that requires or permits a document served by a person on another person to be in writing applies whether the provision of written law or direction—

(a) uses “serve”, “send”, “give”, “deliver”, “furnish” (including grammatical variations and cognate expressions) or any other expression that signifies service; or
(b) otherwise suggests the service of a document by a person on another person.

Division 2—Documents in Electronic Form

Subdivision 1—Documents Created, Issued or Sent by Means of e-system

13. Documents created, issued or sent by courts

(1) This section applies in relation to a provision of written law or a direction of a court that—

(a) requires a document created, issued or sent by a court to be in writing; or
(b) permits a document created, issued or sent by a court to be in writing.

(2) In relation to an e-proceeding—

(a) for subsection (1)(a)—the requirement is met if—
(i) the document is created, issued or sent by an e-Court in electronic form by means of an e-system; and