Journal of Legal, Ethical and Regulatory Issues (Print ISSN: 1544-0036; Online ISSN: 1544-0044)

Abstract

The Urgency of Electronics Documents and Information Regulatory as Authorized Evidence in Indonesia's Courts

Author(s): Ismail Rumadan, Marsudin Nainggolan, Pri Pambudi Teguh

The judges’ acceptance of electronic information and documents as legal evidence are very different. The electronics evidence cannot be categorized as evidence that stand-alone, paralleled with the evidence in the Criminal Code. So a variety of electronic evidence are found in some judge’s decisions,such as documentary evidence, witness testimony, testimony from the defendant, evidence for instructions and additional evidence for the judge's conviction. Therefore, it is very important to reorganize the regulations of electronic documents and information as legal evidence in more detail and specific in order to provide uniformity and legal standing for judges in receiving and examining such electronic evidence in court

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