Electronic Communications and Transactions [ N o . 21 of 2009 241 (a) by considering whether the information has remained complete and unaltered, except for the addition of any endorsement and any change which arises in the normal course of communication, storage and display; (b) in the light of the purpose for which the information w a s generated; and (c) having regard to all other relevant circumstances. 8. (1) In any legal proceedings, the rules of evidence shal 1 not be applied so as to deny the admissibility of a data message in evidence— (a) on the mere grounds that it is constituted by a data message; or Admissibility and evidential weight of data messages (b) if it is the best evidence that the person adducing it could reasonably be expected to obtain, on the grounds that it is not in its original form. (2) Information in the form o f a data message shall be given due evidential weight. (3) In assessing the evidential weight of a data message, regard shall be had t o — (a) t h e reliability o f the manner in which the data message was generated, stored or communicated; (b) the reliability of the manner in which the integrity of the data message w a s maintained; (c) the m a n n e r in which its originator was identified; and (d) any other relevant factor. (4) A data message made by a person in the ordinary course of business, or a copy or printout of, or an extract from, the data message certified to be correct by an officer in the service of such p e r s o n , shall on its m e r e p r o d u c t i o n in a n y c i v i l , c r i m i n a l , administrative or disciplinary proceedings under any law, the rules of a self-regulatory organisation or any other law, be admissible in e v i d e n c e against any person and rebuttable p r o o f of the facts contained in such record, copy, printout or extract. 9. (1) W h e r e a law requires information to be retained, that requirement shall be met by retaining the information in the form of a data message if— Retention of information in data message