Admissibility of electronic records.

What this section does

Computer output (information printed, stored, recorded, or copied in electronic form) is deemed a document and admissible without further proof of the original if four conditions are satisfied: the computer was in regular use, the relevant information was regularly fed into it, it was operating properly during the material period, and the output reproduces information fed in the ordinary course of activities. A certificate from the person in charge of the computer or communication device must be submitted along with the electronic record at each instance of submission for admission.

AI-generated plain-language summary. For the binding statutory text, see India Code (official).

The rule in one line

Computer output is admissible as a document if the four statutory conditions are met and a certificate in the prescribed form is filed.

When it applies

• Bank transaction records printed from a core banking system are admissible if accompanied by a certificate from the bank's IT manager satisfying the four conditions.
• Call detail records produced by a telecom company's server are admissible as computer output upon filing the requisite certificate under sub-section (4).

• EVIDENCE Section 65A — Special provisions as to evidence in electronic records
• EVIDENCE Section 65B — Admissibility of electronic records (the famous Anvar P.V. / Arjun Panditrao section)