{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-303C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995/section-303C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/46",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-scotland-act-1995",
  "path": "section/303C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "303C",
  "heading": "Electronic signatures",
  "text": "(1) An electronic signature fulfills any requirement (however expressed and for whatever purpose) for the signing or initialling of—\n(a) a document of a type mentioned in section 303E(1), or\n(b) a deletion or correction to such a document.\n(2) In this section, “electronic signature” is to be construed in accordance with section 7(2) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000, but includes a version of an electronic signature which is reproduced on a paper document.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 303C-303F and cross-heading inserted (1.12.2025) by Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 14), ss. 1(2), 34(2)(3)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/46/section/303C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:43:46.035735+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}