Dominica
Definition of Data
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Main Focus of Document
Provides for electronic records to be entered into evidence
Target Beneficiaries or Sector
judiciary, citizens
Key Elements
Makes provision for electronic records to be admitted into evidence during legal proceedings.
Key sections include:
3. Nothing in the rules of evidence shall apply to deny the admissibility of an electronic record in evidence on the sole ground that it is an electronic record.
11. (1) Unless otherwise provided in any other law, an electronic record is admissible, subject to the discretion of the court, if the parties to the proceedings have expressly agreed at any time that its admissibility may not be disputed.
(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), an agreement between the parties on admissibility of an electronic record does not render the record admissible in a criminal proceeding on behalf of the prosecution if at the time the agreement was made, the accused person or any of the persons accused in the proceeding was not represented by a solicitor.
12. (1) Where a rule of evidence requires a signature, or provides for certain consequences if a document is not signed, an electronic signature satisfies that rule of law or avoids those consequences. (2) An electronic signature may be proved in any manner, including by showing that a procedure existed by which it is necessary for a person, in order to proceed further with a transaction, to have executed a symbol or security procedure for the purpose of verifying that an electronic record is that of the person.Electronic Transactions
Policy/Regulation Mirrors
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