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Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Ordinance

Part 5—Division 6
Ord. No. 20 of 2020
Section 22
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(ii) at the relevant time it was reasonable to expect that the information in the copy in electronic form would be accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference.

Division 6—Printouts of Documents

22. Use of printouts of documents issued or sent by courts in electronic form

(1) This section applies if—

(a) a provision of written law or a direction of a court requires or permits a document issued or sent by a court to be in writing; and
(b) an e-Court, in reliance on this Part, issues or sends the document in electronic form by means of an e-system (electronic version).

(2) In relation to an e-proceeding, a printout produced from the electronic version in accordance with any applicable e-rules and e-practice directions—

(a) may be used for any purpose for which the document or a copy of it is required or permitted to be used under a provision of written law or a direction of a court; and
(b) has the same legal effect as the original of the document or a copy of it (as the case requires).

(3) In this section—

printout (打印本) includes a copy of a printout.