Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002)Chapter III : Facilitating Electronic TransactionsPart 1 : Legal requirements for data messages14. Original |
| (1) | Where a law requires information to be presented or retained in its original form, that requirement is met by a data message if— |
| (a) | the integrity of the information from the time when it was first generated in its final form as a data message or otherwise has passed assessment in terms of subsection (2); and |
| (b) | that information is capable of being displayed or produced to the person to whom it is to be presented. |
| (2) | For the purposes of subsection 1(a), the integrity must be assessed— |
| (a) | by considering whether the information has remained complete and unaltered, except for the addition of any endorsement and any change which arises in the normal course of communication, storage and display; |
| (b) | in the light of the purpose for which the information was generated; and |
| (c) | having regard to all other relevant circumstances. |