Singapore legislation

Regulation 2

of Evidence (Computer Output) Regulations 1996

Regulation 2

Definitions

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“approved process” means a process that has been approved in accordance with these Regulations by a certifying authority;“certification” means the process of ensuring that a process constitutes an approved process for document reproduction in accordance with the compliance criteria;“certifying authority” means a person or an organisation appointed by the Minister to be a certifying authority in accordance with these Regulations;“compliance criteria” means the criteria set out in the First Schedule that a process has to comply with before it can be certified as an approved process;“image” means a representation of a document generated by photographic, electronic or other means, which is stored in the image system;“image system” means any computer system that is capable of capturing, storing and retrieving images or generating image system output;“image system output” means a computer output from an image system;“process” includes a computer system.

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“approved process” means a process that has been approved in accordance with these Regulations by a certifying authority;

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“certification” means the process of ensuring that a process constitutes an approved process for document reproduction in accordance with the compliance criteria;

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“certifying authority” means a person or an organisation appointed by the Minister to be a certifying authority in accordance with these Regulations;

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“compliance criteria” means the criteria set out in the First Schedule that a process has to comply with before it can be certified as an approved process;

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“image” means a representation of a document generated by photographic, electronic or other means, which is stored in the image system;

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“image system” means any computer system that is capable of capturing, storing and retrieving images or generating image system output;

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“image system output” means a computer output from an image system;

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“process” includes a computer system.