The following words, wherever mentioned in these controls, shall have the meanings indicated before them, unless the context requires otherwise: 

• Law: The Law of Evidence. 

• Manuals: Procedural Manuals of the Law of Evidence.

• Controls: Controls of Electronic Evidentiary Procedures. 

The provisions of Article (10) of the Law shall apply to any evidentiary procedures taken electronically, including what is taken during the preparation of the case, with the competent circuit, or at the pre-registration stage when decided by the Law. 

Conducting the evidentiary procedure electronically does not prejudice the fulfillment of any requirements related to the evidentiary procedures stipulated in the law, and the relevant Laws, including dates and data. 

When conducting any evidentiary procedure electronically, it must be by means of approved electronic systems. 

No person may initiate any of the evidentiary procedures electronically except by means of his personal account that is registered in the approved electronic systems. 

In the case of conducting evidentiary procedure electronically, verification and authentication of the procedure shall be by means of the unified national access service, or one of the approved electronic means of verification. 

Where no special provision is made, and subject to  what stipulated in the Law and the manuals regarding the submission of evidence proof, the electronic submission of evidence shall be through the approved electronic procedure, and any evidence submitted through any procedure that is not allocated to it shall not be taken into account.

The evidence submitted electronically shall be saved in the state of which it was submitted, and all related documents shall be made available to the litigants. 

The proceedings of the hearing at which the evidentiary procedure was conducted shall be saved electronically, including questioning, hearing testimony and taking the oath, and their content shall be recorded in the minutes, and the court may refer to them at any stage of the proceedings.