6. Section 65 of the Evidence Act is amended —
(a)
by deleting the words “mechanical processes” in paragraph (b) and substituting the words “electronic, electrochemical, chemical, magnetic, mechanical, optical, telematic or other technical processes”; and
(b)
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (b) of the Illustrations, the following paragraph:
“(ba)
A copy of a document in the form of a print-out, or image on a monitor screen, retrieved from a magnetic or optical storage device, such as a tape, hard disk, laser disc or CD-ROM, is secondary evidence of the contents of the document if it is shown that the copy retrieved from the storage device satisfies the conditions providing for the admissibility of such output.”.