Electronic filing and issuance of documents
 1.1 (1) Except as otherwise provided by this rule, any document that may or must be filed under these rules may be filed electronically in accordance with this rule by use of the software authorized by the Ministry of the Attorney General for the purpose and available on the Internet through Justice Services Online, if the software provides for the electronic filing of the document. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Requirement to agree to terms of use (2) Subrule (1) does not apply unless the party filing the document agrees to the terms of use of the authorized software and provides an email address at which the party agrees to accept documents from the court electronically. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Electronic issuance (3) Except as otherwise provided by this rule, any document that may or must be issued under these rules may be issued electronically by use of the software authorized by the Ministry of the Attorney General for the purpose, if the software provides for the electronic issuance of the document. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Filing or issuance subject to confirmation (4) Despite subrules (1) and (3), a document submitted to the authorized software for electronic filing or issuance is not filed or issued for the purposes of these rules unless the filing or issuance of the document is confirmed in writing by the authorized software or by the clerk, and is considered to have been filed or issued on the date indicated for the document in the confirmation. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. (5) Revoked: O. Reg. 349/23, s. 1 (1). Issuance by court (6) A document issued electronically under this rule is deemed to have been issued by the court. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Signatures (7) A document that is filed or issued electronically under this rule may be signed with an electronic signature, as defined in the Electronic Commerce Act, 2000. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Inconsistencies when filing (8) In the event of an inconsistency between information in a document submitted to the authorized software for filing and related information submitted to the authorized software that is not in the document, the information in the document prevails. O. Reg. 349/23, s. 1 (2). Request for clarification (9) A clerk may request from a party written clarification with respect to a document that is submitted to the authorized software for filing or issuance, and the party shall provide the clarification in the manner specified by the clerk. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Requirement to keep original (10) A person who electronically files a document that was originally signed, certified or commissioned in paper format shall, (a)  retain the original document until the day on which the case is finally disposed of or, if no notice of appeal is served in the case, the time for serving the notice has expired, subject to any requirement in these rules to give the document to the clerk before that day; and (b)  promptly make the original document available for inspection and copying on the request of the court or of any party to the case. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Court record (11) If any document in a case is filed or issued electronically, the court may permit the creation and maintenance of an electronic court record of the documents filed in the case as an alternative to the application of rule 9 (continuing record), in which case, (a)  the electronic court record shall be created and maintained in accordance with the directions of the clerk or a judge of the court; and (b)  a reference in these rules to the continuing record, other than in rule 9, shall be read as a reference to the electronic court record, subject to the directions of the clerk or a judge of the court. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Conversion to electronic format, filed document (11.1) A clerk may prepare an electronic copy of a document that was filed in paper format, in which case, (a)  the clerk may return the original document to the person who filed it, and subrule (10) applies with necessary changes with respect to the returned document; and (b)  subrule (11) applies as if the document had been filed electronically. O. Reg. 349/23, s. 1 (3). Conversion to electronic format, issued document (11.2) A clerk may prepare an electronic copy of a document that was issued in paper format, in which case, (a)  subrule (11) applies as if the document had been issued electronically; and (b)  if the court permits the creation of an electronic court record, the original document need not be retained by the court. O. Reg. 349/23, s. 1 (3). Application of rules requiring filing of multiple copies (12) A requirement in these rules that multiple copies of a document be filed does not apply if the document is filed electronically in accordance with this rule. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Application of rules requiring filing of stamped envelope (13) A requirement in these rules to file a stamped envelope together with a document does not apply if the document is filed electronically in accordance with this rule. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. Non-application to rule 28 (14) This rule does not apply with respect to the electronic filing or issuance of documents under rule 28, except as provided for in that rule. O. Reg. 649/20, s. 1. No filing by fax (15) Nothing in these rules permits the filing of a document with the court by fax. O. Reg. 781/21, s. 1. RULE 1.2: REDACTIONS AND OMISSIONS Redactions and omissions