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6466Email service—other matters
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6466 Email service—other matters
(1) This rule applies if a document (the emailed document) is served by
email under these rules.
(2) The emailed document must be capable of being printed by the
recipient with the content and in the form in which it was created.
Rule 6466
(3) The email attaching the emailed document must include the
(a) the name and phone number of a person to contact if there is a
problem with the email;
(b) that the emailed document is for service under these rules.
(4) If these rules require or allow the emailed document to be signed, it
is sufficient compliance if the person who serves the emailed
document—
(a) identifies himself or herself in the email by stating his or her
name and business address; and
(b) states in the email that the original of the emailed document was
signed and by whom.
Note These rules is defined in the dictionary.
(5) If these rules require or allow service of a sealed or stamped copy of
a document, it is sufficient compliance if—
(a) if the document was filed electronically in the court—the
emailed document is an electronic copy of the document that
was marked by the court as electronically sealed or stamped; or
(i) the emailed document is a copy of a document that was
sealed or stamped; and
(ii) the person who serves the emailed document states in the
email that the original of the emailed document was sealed
or stamped.
Rule 6467
(6) If the emailed document is a copy of an affidavit, the original affidavit
is taken to have been sworn if—
(a) the original affidavit was properly sworn; and
(b) the person who serves the copy of the affidavit states in the email
that the original was properly sworn.