s.2Definitions
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Section 2Part 1 — Introductory

Definitions

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In this Act —
"account book" includes every book, card or device used for the recording or storing of business records and transactions, whether or not encoded;
"bank" has the meaning ascribed to it in the Banks and Trust Companies Act (2021 Revision) and in any law replacing the same;
"banker's book" means a banker's account book;
"civil partner" has the meaning assigned by the Civil Partnership Act, 2020;
"civil partnership" has the meaning assigned by the Civil Partnership Act, 2020;
"civil proceedings" includes, in addition to civil proceedings in any of the ordinary courts of law, civil proceedings before any other tribunal and an arbitration or reference, whether under enactment or not, but does not include civil proceedings in relation to which the strict rules of evidence do not apply;
"computer" means any device or combination of devices used together or in succession for the purpose of storing and processing information;
"copy", in relation to a document, means any transcript or reproduction thereof in whatever form;
"court" includes, in addition to the ordinary courts and juries of civil and criminal jurisdiction, every tribunal where civil proceedings are conducted and includes the judge or person presiding over or constituting such tribunal and includes also an arbitrator and an umpire;
"document" includes any device by means of which information is recorded or stored;
"production" and its cognates includes the decoding of any encoded matter and the translation into the English language of any matter recorded in any language other than English; and
"statement" includes any representation of fact, whether made in words or otherwise.

Defined Terms

account bookbankbanker's bookcivil partnercivil partnershipcivil proceedingscomputercopycourtdocumentproductionstatement

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