14 Electronic Transactions Act, No. 19 of 2006 Provided further that, for the purposes of paragraphs (a) and (b), if any information is contained in a data message, electronic document, electronic record or other communication made by a person— (i) who is dead or who by reason of his bodily or mental condition is unfit to attend as a witness ; or (ii) who is outside Sri Lanka and where reasonable steps have been taken to find such person and he cannot be found ; or (iii) who does not wish to give oral evidence through fear ; or (iv) who is prevented from so giving evidence, evidence relating to such information shall, if available, be admissible. (3) The Courts shall, unless the contrary is proved, presume the truth of information contained in a data message, or in any electronic doucment or electronic record or other communication and in the case of any data message, electronic document, electronic record or other communication made by a person, that the data message, electronic document or electronic record or other communication was made by the person who is purported to have made it and similarly, shall presume the genuineness of any electronic signature or distinctive identification mark therein. Provisions of the Evidence (Special Provisions) Act, No. 14 of 1995 not to apply. 22. Nothing contained in the Evidence (Special Provisions) Act, No. 14 of 1995 shall apply to and in relation to any data message, electronic document, electronic record or other document to which the provisions of this Act applies.

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