Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 49, December 7, 2024
Rule 1001 - Definitions That Apply to This ArticleIn this article:
(a) A "writing" consists of letters, words, numbers, or their equivalent set down in any form.(b) A "recording" consists of letters, words, numbers, or their equivalent recorded in any manner.(c) A "photograph" means a photographic image or its equivalent stored in any form.(d) An "original" of a writing or recording means the writing or recording itself or any counterpart intended to have the same effect by the person who executed or issued it. For electronically stored information, "original" means any printout-or other output readable by sight-if it accurately reflects the information. An "original" of a photograph includes the negative or a print from it.(e) A "duplicate" means a copy produced by a mechanical, photographic, chemical, electronic, or other equivalent process or technique that accurately reproduces the original.The provisions of this Rule 1001 rescinded and replaced January 17, 2013, effective in sixty days, 43 Pa.B. 620.