1. From the evidence, the scanned document is a picture, which exists in the form of a copy and can be tampered with technically. Therefore, the proof effect of scanning documents alone is very low. Unless the other party approves the scanned document, it is necessary to provide other relevant evidence support to form a chain of evidence. At this time, the scanned document can be used as evidence of the final judgment, which has high effectiveness.
2. In law, the original contract is the original evidence and direct evidence, and its probative force is the highest. You can take the contract directly to the court, and the scanned copy is equivalent to a copy, not the original evidence. With this alone, it is difficult for you to get the support of the court. The original may also be tampered with, but it can be authenticated. If the original is true, it can be used as evidence to identify the facts, while the scanned copy can not be directly identified as evidence even if it is true. This is the difference between the two.
3. Copies and scanned copies belong to electronic technology products and are a form of proof. Copies and scanned copies can only be used as temporary documents. Copies and scanned copies are not verified with the original, and have no legal effect, but the scanned copies and copies notarized by the notary office have legal effect and can be used as the original.
Some people think that scanned copies have higher legal effect than photocopies, which is a misunderstanding. The scanned document is just a picture, which can be tampered with technically, because it has gone through the processes of scanning the document (not necessarily the original), inputting it into the computer, converting the format or font, transmitting it, accepting it, printing, etc., so unless the other party approves it, it needs other evidence to supplement the proof. The legal effect of photocopies and scanned copies only has incomplete probative force. If the original and the scanned copy are held by the same person, only the scanned copy is provided, which does not exempt the obligation to provide the original.
Legally speaking, originals are original evidence and direct evidence, and their probative power is the highest, while scanned copies are equivalent to photocopies, not original evidence. The original may have been tampered with, but it can be authenticated. If the original is true, it can be used as evidence to identify the facts, while the scanned copy can not be directly used as evidence even if it is found to be true.
The Supreme People's Court rules of evidence
Sixty-ninth copies and reproductions that cannot be checked with the original and original articles cannot be used as the basis for determining the facts of the case alone.
Article 70 If one party presents the original documentary evidence or copies, photos, duplicates or excerpts consistent with the original documentary evidence as evidence, and the other party objects, and there is no evidence to the contrary that can be refuted, the people's court shall confirm its probative force.