neralizes that “any counterpart” to the writing or 
recording “intended to have the same effect by a person executing or issuing it” is an original. 
24 Italy, DPR 445/2000, art. 9, par. 1. Available at http://www.parlamento.it/parlam/leggi/deleghe/00443dla.htm. 
25 China. Electronic Signatures Law of the People’s Republic of China, art. 5. Translated by Sherry Xie. See also Sherry Xie (2005). 
“InterPARES 2 Project – Policy Cross-domain: Supplements to the Study of Archival Legislation in China (Report I),