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22. Admissibility.

In any legal proceedings, nothing in the application of the rules of evidence shall apply so as to deny the admissibility in evidence of -

(a) an electronic communication, an electronic form of a document, an electronic contract, or writing in electronic form -

(i) on the sole ground that it is an electronic communication, an electronic form of a document, an electronic contract, or writing in electronic form, or

(ii) if it is the best evidence that the person or public body adducing it could reasonably be expected to obtain, on the grounds that it is not in its original form,

or

(b) an electronic signature -

(i) on the sole ground that the signature is in electronic form, or is not an advanced electronic signature, or is not based on a qualified certificate, or is not based on a qualified certificate issued by an accredited certification service provider, or is not created by a secure signature creation device, or

(ii) if it is the best evidence that the person or public body adducing

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