Clause 25 - Documents having effect as warrants, &c. Question proposed, That the clause stand part of the Bill.
International Criminal Court Bill [Lords]
12:00 pm
Mrs Cheryl Gillan (Chesham and Amersham, Conservative)
I have a brief and simple question. The clause deals with documents that have effect as warrants. The explanatory note states that
``This clause provides that a copy or a faxed version of a warrant or other document shall be treated as if it were the original and shall be admissible in evidence.''
With regard to that statement, will the Solicitor-General clarify the standing of electronic transmissions and e-mail? Although we are legislating for the long-term future, it appears that we are dealing only with instruments of communication of the past.