C-25.1, r. 2 - Regulation respecting the form of offence reports

Section 6 Disposition versions

2012-09-01

6. Where the offence report is originally generated in electronic form, or transferred into electronic form by means of digitization, the computer data that make it possible to display the report or convert into hard copy the report and the particulars recorded therein, have the same force as an original, if the report meets the standards provided for in this Regulation.

The computer data have the same force as an original during electronic transfer, transmission, consultation, use, storage and archiving in electronic form or by electronic means, if they meet the standards provided for in this Regulation. The foregoing also applies to computer data comprising the digitized offence report, whether the form or particulars comprising it were digitized simultaneously or separately.

Where an offence report generated in electronic form is converted into hard copy on a pre-printed or pre-programmed form, the hard-copy offence report has the same force as an original. In addition, where a digitized offence report is converted into hard copy, the hard-copy offence report stands in lieu of the original.

O.C. 1210-97, s. 6.