Legality of electronic documents: Scanned document “not an original”

A scanned document is not an original as per Public Procurement and Disposal Act, notwithstanding the provisions of the Kenya Information & Communications Act, 1998 – which states:

‘Where any law provides that information or other matter shall be in writing then, notwithstanding anything contained in such law, such requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if such information or matter is:-

(a) rendered or made available in an electronic form; and

(b) accessible so as to be usable for a subsequent reference’

and

‘Where any law provides that information or other matter shall be in writing then, notwithstanding anything contained in such law, such requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if such information or matter is:-

(a) rendered or made available in an electronic form; and

(b) accessible so as to be usable for a subsequent reference’

Read more at http://michaelmurungi.blogspot.com/2010/04/legality-of-electronic-documents.html