Explain the special provisions as to Evidence relating to Electronic Record under the provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

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Explain the special provisions as to Evidence relating to Electronic Record under the provisions of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

Answer & Explanation:

Section 65A of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872 provides that the contents of electronic records may be proved in accordance with the provisions of Section 65B. As per Section 65B(1) of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, any information contained in an electronic record which is printed on a paper, stored, recorded or copied in optical or magnetic media produced by a computer (hereinafter referred to as the computer output) shall be deemed to be also a document, if the conditions mentioned in this Section are satisfied in relation to the information and computer in question and shall be admissible in any proceedings, without further proof or production of the original, as evidence of any contents of the original or of any fact stated therein of which direct evidence would be admissible. The conditions in respect of a computer output related above, have been stipulated under Section 65B (2) of the Evidence Act.

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