The court discussed the nature of a document as applied to an electronic notebook seized under the 1971 Act: ‘It seems to us that the essential essence of a document is that it is something containing recorded information of some sort. It does not matter if, to be meaningful, the information requires to be processed in some way such as translation, decoding or electronic retrieval’.
Judges:
Lord Mulligan
Citations:
[1997] Scots Law Times 958
Statutes:
Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 23(3)(b)
Cited by:
Cited – Victor Chandler International v Commissioners of Customs and Excise and another CA 8-Mar-2000
A teletext page can be a document for gaming licensing purposes. A bookmaker sought to advertise his services via a teletext page. His services were not licensed in this country, but the advertisements were. It was held that despite the . .
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Scotland, Criminal Practice
Updated: 07 May 2022; Ref: scu.235707