Presumption regarding information sent using recognized electronic service
Version Date:
11/04/2003
(1) Where information received by the Director was sent using a recognized electronic service, evidence which shows that the identity of the sender of the information was authenticated by the use of a security device is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary-
(a) proof that the person issued with the security device furnished the information; and
(b) proof that the person issued with the security device made a statement or declaration contained in the information.
(2) Where information received by the Director and sent using a recognized electronic service was sent by a specified electronic services agent who has obtained an authorization in accordance with section 2C-
(a) a person named in the information as the person who furnished the information is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, regarded for the purposes of this Ordinance as the person who furnished the information; and
(b) a person named in the information as the person who made a statement or declaration contained in the information is, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, regarded for the purposes of this Ordinance as the person who made the statement or declaration.