Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Evidence Act 2008 - SECT 71

Exception-electronic communications

71. Exception-electronic communications

The hearsay rule does not apply to a representation contained in a document
recording an electronic communication so far as the representation is a
representation as to-

   (a)  the identity of the person from whom or on whose behalf the
        communication was sent; or

   (b)  the date on which or the time at which the communication was sent; or

   (c)  the destination of the communication or the identity of the person to
        whom the communication was addressed.

Notes 1. Division 3 of Part 4.3 contains presumptions about electronic
communications. 2. Section 182 of the Commonwealth Act gives section 71 of the
Commonwealth Act a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records. 3.
Electronic communication is defined in the Dictionary.