Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002)Chapter III : Facilitating Electronic TransactionsPart 1 : Legal requirements for data messages17. Production of document or information |
| (1) | Subject to section 28, where a law requires a person to produce a document or information, that requirement is met if the person produces, by means of a data message, an electronic form of that document or information, and if— |
| (a) | considering all the relevant circumstances at the time that the data message was sent, the method of generating the electronic form of that document provided a reliable means of assuring the maintenance of the integrity of the information contained in that document; and |
| (b) | at the time the data message was sent, it was reasonable to expect that the information contained therein would be readily accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference. |
| (2) | For the purposes of subsection (1), the integrity of the information contained in a document is maintained if the information has remained complete and unaltered, except for— |
| (a) | the addition of any endorsement; or |
| (b) | immaterial change, which arises in the normal course of communication, storage or display. |