Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

136D.   Application of Best Evidence Rule

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    (1)   Subject to section 27(b), in any legal proceedings where the best evidence rule is applicable in respect of an electronic record, the rule shall be satisfied on proof of the integrity of the electronic records system in or by which the data was recorded or stored.

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    (2)   In any legal proceedings, where an electronic record in the form of a printout had been manifestly or consistently acted on, relied upon, or used as the record of the information recorded or stored on the printout, the printout shall be the record for the purposes of the best evidence rule.

(Inserted by Act 14 of 2011)