144 No. 4 of 2021] Electronic Communications and Transactions (b) at the time the data message was sent, it was reasonable to expect that the information contained therein would be readily accessible and usable for subsequent reference. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the integrity of the information contained in a document is maintained if that information has remained complete and unaltered, except for— Notarisation, acknowledgment and certification (a) the addition of any endorsement; or (b) any immaterial change, which arises in the normal course of communication, storage or display. 12. (1) Where a law requires a signature, statement or document to be notarised, acknowledged, verified or made under oath, that requirement shall be met if the advanced electronic signature of the person authorised to perform those acts is attached to, incorporated in or logically associated with the data message containing that notarisation, acknowledgment or verification. (2) Where a law requires or permits a person to provide a certified copy of a document and the document exists in electronic form, that requirement shall be met if the person provides a printout certified to be a true reproduction of the document or information. (3) Where a law requires or permits a person to provide a certified copy of a document and the document exists in paper or other physical form, that requirement is met if an electronic copy of the document is certified to be a true copy thereof and the certification is confirmed by the use of an advanced electronic signature. Other legal requirement 13. (1) A requirement in a law for multiple copies of a document to be submitted to a single addressee at the same time is satisfied by the submission of a single data message that is capable of being reproduced by that addressee. (2) An expression in a law, whether used as a noun or verb, including the words “document”, “record”, “file”, “submit”, “lodge”, “deliver”, “issue”, “publish”, “write in”, “print” or words or expressions of similar effect, shall be interpreted to include or permit that form, format or action in relation to a data message unless otherwise provided for in this Act. (3) Where a seal is required by a written law to be affixed to a document and that written law does not prescribe the method or form by which that document may be sealed by electronic means, that requirement is met if the document indicates that it is required to be under seal and it includes the advanced electronic signature of the person by whom it is required to be sealed.