Criminal Justice Modernisation and Abusive Domestic Behaviour Reviews (Scotland) Bill [AS AMENDED AT STAGE 2] An Act of the Scottish Parliament to modify the law in relation to procedures in the criminal courts; and to make provision for the holding of reviews to enable lessons to be learned following abusive domestic behaviour. P ART 1 5 C RIMINAL JUSTICE MODERNISATION Modernisation of criminal procedures 1 Electronic signatures and alternative methods of sending documents (1) The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 is modified as follows. (2) Before section 304 (and the Part heading immediately preceding it) insert— 10 “Electronic signatures and alternative methods of sending documents 1 303C Electronic signatures (1) An electronic signature fulfills any requirement (however expressed and for whatever purpose) for the signing or initialling of— (a) a document of a type mentioned in section 303E(1), or 15 (b) a deletion or correction to such a document. (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. 303D Sending documents electronically and to a solicitor 20 (1) Any requirement (however expressed) that a document of a type mentioned in section 303E(1) be given to a person may be fulfilled by— (a) transmitting it to the person electronically, or (b) transmitting it (electronically or otherwise) to a solicitor engaged to act on the person’s behalf in relation to the proceedings in question.