1. In section 2
(a)
for clause (3), the following clause shall be substituted,
namely: '( 3) "bankers' books" include ledgers, day-books,
cash-books, account-books and
all other books used in the ordinary business of a bank
whether kept in the written form or
as printouts of data stored in a floppy, disc, tape
or any other form of electro-magnetic
data storage device;
(b)
for clause (8), the following clause shall
be substituted, namely: '( 8) "certified
copy" means when the books of a bank,
(a)
are maintained in written form, a copy of any
entry in such books together with a certificate written;::
the foot of such copy that it is a true copy of such
entry, that such entry is contained in one of the
ordinary books of the bank and was made in the usual
and ordinary course of business and that such book
is still in the custody of the bank, and where the
copy was obtained by a mechanical or other process
which in itself ensured the accuracy of the copy,
a further certificate to that effect, but where the
book from which such copy was prepared has been destroyed
in the usual course of the bank's business after the
date on which the copy had been so prepared, a further
certificate to that effect, each such certificate
being dated and subscribed by the principal accountant
or manager of the bank with his name and official
title; and
(b)
consist of printouts of data stored in a floppy,
disc, tape or any other
electro-magnetic data storage device, a printout of
such entry or a copy of such
printout together with such statements certified in
accordance with the provisions
of section 2A. '.
2. After section 2, the following section shall be inserted,
namely:
Conditions
in the printout.
"2A.
A printout of entry or a copy of printout referred to
in sub-section (8) of section 2 shall be
accompanied by the following, namely:
(a)
a certificate to the effect that it is a printout
of such entry or a copy of such printout by the principal
accountant or branch manager; and
(b)
a certificate by a person in-charge of computer
system containing a brief description of the computer
system and the particulars of
(A) the safeguards adopted by the system to
ensure that data is entered or any other operation
performed only by authorised persons;
(B) the safeguards adopted to prevent and detect
unauthorised change of data;
(C)
the safeguards available to retrieve data that
is lost due to systemic failure or any other reasons;
(D) the manner in which data is transferred
from the system to removable media like floppies,
discs, tapes or other electro-magnetic data storage
devices;
(E) the mode of verification in order to ensure
that data has been accurately transferred to such
removable media;
(F} the mode of identification of such data
storage devices;
(G)
the arrangements for the storage and custody of
such storage devices;
(H) the safeguards to prevent and detect any tampering
with the system; and
(I)
any other factor which will vouch for the integrity
and accuracyof
the system.
(c)
a further certificate from the person in-charge of the
computer system
to the effect that to the best of his knowledge and
belief, such computer system operated properly at the
material time, he was provided with all the relevant
data
and the printout in question represents correctly, or
is appropriately derived from, the relevant data.".