Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

32.   Requirement to produce an original document

A legal requirement that a person produces, examines or retains an original document is satisfied if the person produced, examined or retained the document in electronic form, where—

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    (a)     having regard to all the relevant circumstances, the method of generating the electronic form of the document provides a reliable means of assuring the maintenance of the integrity of the information contained in the document; and

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    (b)     in a case where an original document is to be given to a person, the document given to the person in electronic form is accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference and capable of being retained by the person.