Section 272D

“electronic record” means any digitally, electronically, magnetically or mechanically produced records stored in any equipment, device, apparatus or medium or any other form of storage such as disc, tape, film, sound track, and includes a replication of such recording to a separate storage equipment, device, apparatus or medium or any other form of storage;

“mechanical means” includes any equipment, device, apparatus or medium operated digitally, electronically, magnetically or mechanically; and

“proceedings” includes any trial, inquiry, appeal or revision, or any part of it, any application, judgment, decision, ruling, direction, address, submission and any other matter done or said by or before a Court, including matters relating to procedure.

A reference to a Judge in this Chapter shall be a reference to a

Judge of the Special Court, the Federal Court, the Court of Appeal, the

High Court or the Sessions Court, as the case may be.

Proceedings may be recorded by mechanical means or combination of mechanical means and other modes