Court Proceedings (Electronic Technology) Ordinance
Part 5—Division 7
Ord. No. 20 of 2020
Section 23
A1719
Division 7—Records etc. of Courts in Electronic Form
23. Keeping or maintaining records etc.
(1) This section applies in relation to a provision of written law or a direction of a court that—
- (a) requires—
- (i) a document, file or record kept or maintained by a court to be in writing; or
- (ii) a record made by a court to be in writing; or
- (b) permits—
- (i) a document, file or record kept or maintained by a court to be in writing; or
- (ii) a record made by a court to be in writing.
(2) In relation to an e-Court—
- (a) for subsection (1)(a)—the requirement is met if the document, file or record is kept or maintained, or the record is made, in electronic form; and
- (b) for subsection (1)(b)—the document, file or record may be kept or maintained, or the record may be made, in electronic form.
