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<section article="gcj" article_name="Courts and Judicial Proceedings" number="10-103" title_number="10" title_name="Evidence" subtitle_number="1" subtitle_name="Proof of Accounts and Records">
  <level label="a">
    <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>“Duplicate” means a counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, or from the same matrix, or by means of photography, including enlargements and miniatures, or by mechanical or electronic rerecording, or by chemical reproduction, or by other equivalent techniques which accurately reproduce the original.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <level label="i">
        <text>“Original” of a writing means the writing itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>“Original” of a photograph includes the negative or any print therefrom.</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>“Original” includes, if data is stored in a computer or similar device, any printout or other output readable by sight that reflects the data accurately.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Photographs” include still photographs, X–ray films, video tapes, and motion pictures.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>“Writing” means letters, words, or numbers, or their equivalent, set down by handwriting, typewriting, printing, photostating, photographing, magnetic impulse, mechanical or electronic recording, or other form of data compilation.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A duplicate is admissible in evidence to the same extent as an original unless:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>A genuine question is raised as to the authenticity of the original; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Under the circumstances, it would be unfair to admit the duplicate in lieu of the original.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
