The certificate required to be given under Section 65-B of the Evidence Act is required to contain information about various conditions mentioned sub-section (2) and sub-section (4) of the said section. For example, one condition requires that “the computer output containing the information was produced by the computer during the period over which the computer was used regularly to store or process information for the purposes of any activities regularly carried on over that period by the person having lawful control over the use of the computer”. Some other conditions also relate to the said period.
Such certificate is also required “to be signed by a person occupying a responsible official position in relation to the operation of the relevant device or the management of the relevant activities”.
From this, it appears that the certificate should be prepared during the period when copy of the electronic document or record is prepared for the purposes of being used in accordance with Section 65B of teh Evidence Act.
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