All documents which the Oklahoma State Banking Department is required, by any provision of this act¹ or by any other statute or rule of this state, to retain or preserve in its possession may be retained and preserved, in lieu of retention of the original records or copies, in an electronic format and stored by electronic imaging or otherwise so that the documents may be reproduced later. Any such electronically stored or imaged document or reproduction shall have the same force and effect as the original document and be admitted in evidence as if such document was the original.