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Laws of Malaysia
Act 658
Retention of document
13. Where any law requires any document to be retained, the
requirement of the law is fulfilled by retaining the document in
the form of an electronic message if the electronic message—
(a) is retained in the format in which it is generated, sent or
received, or in a format that does not materially change
the information contained in the electronic message that
was originally generated, sent or received;
(b) is accessible and intelligible so as to be usable for
subsequent reference; and
(c) identifies the origin and destination of the electronic
message and the date and time it is sent or received.
Copy
14. Where any law requires any document to be retained, served,
sent or delivered in more than one copy, the requirement of the
law is fulfilled, if the document is in the form of an electronic
message, by retention, service, sending or delivery of the document
in one copy.
Prescribed form
15. Where any law requires any document to be in a prescribed
form, the requirement of the law is fulfilled by a document in the
form of an electronic message if the electronic message is—
(a) formatted in the same or substantially the same way as
the prescribed form;
(b) accessible and intelligible so as to be usable for subsequent
reference; and
(c) capable of being retained by the other person.