Singapore legislation
Regulation 16
of Criminal Procedure Code (Electronic Filing and Service for Supreme Court) Rules 2022
Regulation 16
Affidavits and statements
Subregulation 1
Affidavits or conditioned statements which are filed in the Supreme Court using the electronic filing service may be used in all proceedings to the same extent and for the same purposes as paper affidavits or conditioned statements filed in the Supreme Court.
Subregulation 2
Where an affidavit is to be filed in the Supreme Court using the electronic filing service, the affidavit must comply with the following requirements:
the affidavit must be sworn in the usual way in which the deponent signs the original paper affidavit;
a true and complete electronic image of the original paper affidavit must be created; (c)the original paper affidavit must be retained by the party who filed the affidavit for a period of 7 years after the affidavit is filed.
Subregulation 3
Despite paragraph (2)(c), if the original paper affidavit subsequently becomes unavailable within 7 years after the affidavit was filed using the electronic filing service, the Supreme Court may grant permission for the electronic image of the original paper affidavit filed in the Supreme Court using the electronic filing service to be used in the proceedings for which the affidavit was filed, or in any other proceedings.
Subregulation 4
Paragraphs (2)(b) and (c) and (3) apply to conditioned statements to the same extent and in like manner as they apply to affidavits.