Words printed, lithographed or photographed are documents ;
A map or plan is a document;
An inscription on a metal plate or stone is a document ;
A caricature is a document.
(c) "evidence" includes:__
(i) all statements which the Court permits or requires to be made before it by witnesses,
in relation to matters of fact under inquiry ; such statements are called oral evidence
; and
(ii) all documents produced for the inspection of the Court; such documents are called
documentary evidence ;
(d) "fact" includes—
(i) anything, state of things, or relation of things capable, of being perceived by the
senses; and
(ii) any mental condition of which any person is conscious.
1"(e)
the expression, “automated”, “electronic”, “information”, information system”].
Electronic document”, “electronic signature”, “advanced electronic signature” and
“security procedure”, shall bear the meanings given in the Electronic Transactions
Ordinance, 2002;
(f) the expression “ certificate”, where the context so admits, includes the meaning given to it
in the Electronic Transactions Ordinance, 2002.
Illustrations
(a) That there are certain objects arranged in a certain order in a certain place, is a fact.
(b) That a man heard or saw something, is a fact.
(c) That a man said certain words, is a fact.
1 Added by Ord. LI of 2002, s. 1.
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