EVIDENCE (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) ACT 2012

The Evidence Act 1950 [Act 56], which is referred to as the

“principal Act” in this Act, is amended in section 3 by substituting for the definition of “computer” the following definition:

‘ “computer” means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other data processing device, or a group of such interconnected or related devices, performing logical, arithmetic, storage and display functions, and includes any data storage facility or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with such device or group of such interconnected or related devices, but does not include an automated typewriter or typesetter, or a portable hand held calculator or other similar device which is non-programmable or which does not contain any data storage facility;’.

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ACT A1432

The principal Act is amended by inserting after section 114

the following section:

“Presumption of fact in publication 114A. (1) A person whose name, photograph or pseudonym appears on any publication depicting himself as the owner, host, administrator, editor or sub-editor, or who in any manner facilitates to publish or re-publish the publication is presumed to have published or re-published the contents of the publication unless the contrary is proved.