Regulation 3

In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —“application”, in the context of the filing, service, delivery or conveyance of an application by means of electronic transmission or by using the electronic filing service, means a written application or request relating to any criminal proceeding or criminal matter;“authorised agent”, in relation to an authorised user, means a person who is designated under regulation 6 by the authorised user to be the authorised user’s authorised agent;“authorised user” means any entity that is given access by the court to use the electronic filing system;“conditioned statement” means any statement which is intended to be admitted under section 264 of the Code;“confirmation receipt” means a confirmation that is transmitted to an authorised user or an authorised agent of the authorised user after the authorised user or authorised agent has filed any application or document through the electronic filing service;“court” means a District Court, a Magistrate’s Court or a Youth Court;“deemed” means deemed until the contrary is proved;“document” has the same meaning as in the Evidence Act (Cap. 97);“electronic filing” means the process by which an authorised user or an authorised agent files with, serves on, or delivers or conveys to the court any application or document by means of an electronic transmission;“electronic filing service” means the electronic filing service established under regulation 4;“electronic filing service provider” means the electronic filing service provider appointed under regulation 5;“electronic transmission” means electronic transmission by an authorised user or an authorised agent through the electronic filing service;“entity” means a sole proprietorship, an incorporated or unincorporated partnership (including a limited liability partnership and a limited partnership), a law corporation, a company or other body corporate, the Attorney-General’s Chambers, a department of the Government or a public authority;“identification code” means the identification code of an authorised user or an authorised agent that is to be used in conjunction with the electronic filing service;“Registrar” means —