originator and the addressee, the time of receipt of
a data message is determined as follows
(a) if the addressee has designated an
information system for the purpose of
receiving data messages, receipt occurs, at
the time when the data message enters the
designated information system;
(b) if the data message is sent to an
information system of the addressee that is
not the designated information system,
receipt occurs at the time when the data
message is received by the addressee; or
(c) if the addressee has not designated an
information system, receipt occurs when
the data message enters an information
system of the addressee.
(2) Subsection (1) applies notwithstanding that the
place where the information system is located may
be different from the place where the data
message is deemed to be received under that
subsection.
Place of
dispatch and
receipt
205. (1) Unless otherwise agreed between the
originator and addressee, a data message is
deemed to be dispatched at the place where the
originator has it’s place of business, and is deemed
to be received at the place where the addressee
has it’s place of business.
(2) For purposes of application of subsection (1) to
a data message
(a) if the originator or addressee has more
than one place of business, one of those
places has a closer relation to the
underlying transaction it is assumed that
the place of business is the originator’s or
addressee’s only place of business;
(b) if the originator or addressee has more than
one place of business, but paragraph (a)
does not apply, it is assumed that the
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