Malaysia legislation
Section 30
Section 30
The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 71a the following section:
“Admissibility of electronic record 71b. (1) Notwithstanding any other written law, where in any proceedings under this Act an electronic record of—
(a)
any prescribed form is furnished by way of electronic transmission; or
(b)
any other document is stored or received by or communicated to the Director General in a n e l e c t r o n i c m e d i u m o r b y w a y o f electronic transmission, the electronic record or the copy or print-out of that electronic record shall be admissible as evidence of the facts stated or contained therein:
Provided that the electronic record or the copy or print-out of that electronic record is—
(i)
certified by the Director General to contain all or any information furnished, stored, communicated or received in an electronic medium or by way of electronic transmission under this section; or
(ii)
otherwise authenticated in the manner provided in the Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56] for authentication of documents produced by computer.
(2)
Where the electronic record of any form prescribed under this Act or any other document, or a copy or print-out of that electronic record is admissible under subsection (1), it shall be presumed, until the contrary is proved, that the record or copy or print-out of that record accurately reproduces the content of that form or document.
Trade Unions (Amendment)
(3)
For the purposes of this Act, “electronic medium”
includes data, text, image or any other information stored, received or communicated by means of electronic, magnetic, optical, imaging or any other data processing device.”.
Amendment of section 72