Act 7
Electronic Signatures Act
2011
“certify” means to declare with reference to a certificate, with
ample opportunity to reflect and with a duty to apprise
oneself of all material facts;
“confirm” means to ascertain through diligent inquiry and
investigation;
“Controller” means National
Authority- Uganda;
Information
Technology
“correspond”, with reference to keys, means to belong to the
same key pair;
“currency point” has the meaning assigned to it in the Schedule
in this Act;
“digital signature” means a transformation of a message using an
asymmetric cryptosystem such that a person having the
initial message and the signer’s public key can accurately
determine—
(a) whether the transformation was created using the
private key that corresponds to the signer’s public key;
and
(b) whether the message has been altered since the
transformation was made;
“electronic signature” means data in electronic form affixed to
or logically associated with a data message, which may be
used to identify the signatory in relation to the data message
and indicate the signatory's approval of the information
contained in the data message; and includes an advance
electronic signature and the secure signature;
“electronic signature product” means configured hardware or
software or relevant components of it, which are intended to
be used by a certification service provider for the provision of
electronic signature services or are intended to be used for the
creation or verification of electronic signatures;
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