Electronic Evidence Act Passed After Heated Debate

The Electronic Evidence Act 2013 was passed in the Upper House on Thursday after an uproar which almost saw Speaker of the House Hazelyn Francis walking out of the sitting.

Senator Lennox Weston was accused of shying away from the issues and using the debate to campaign for the opposition Antigua and Barbuda Labour Party.

Leader of Government Business in the Senate Dr. the hon. Errol Cort says the House should be a place where the work of the people is carried out.

The Electronic Evidence Bill contains three parts and seeks to make provision for the legal recognition of electronic records and to facilitate the admission of such records into evidence in legal proceedings.