Act 7
Electronic Signatures Act
2011
(a) which the holder or the holder’s agents have not
disclosed to any person in contravention of this act;
and
(b) which the holder has not obtained through theft,
deceit, eavesdropping or other unlawful means;
“security procedure” means a procedure for the purpose of—
(a) verifying that an electronic record is that of a specific
person; or
(b) detecting error or alteration in the communication,
content or storage of an electronic record since a
specific point in time, which may require the use of
algorithms or codes, identifying words or numbers,
encryption, answer back or acknowledgement
procedures or similar security devices;
“secure signature creation device” means a signature creation
device which meets the requirements laid down in section 4;
“signatory” means a person that holds signature creation data
and acts either on its own behalf or on behalf of the person
it represents
“signature creation device” means configured software or hardware,
used by the signatory to create an electronic signature;
“signature verification data” means unique data such as codes or
public cryptographic keys, used for the purpose of
verifying an electronic signature;
“signature verification device” means configured software or
hardware, used for the purpose of verifying an electronic
signature;
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