Act 8 Electronic Transactions Act 2011 THE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT, 2011 An Act to provide for the use, security, facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions; to encourage the use of e-Government services and to provide for related matters. DATE OF ASSENT: 17th February, 2011. Date of Commencement: See section 1. BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows: PART I—PRELIMINARY 1. Commencement This Act shall come into force on a date appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument and different dates may be appointed for the commencement of different provisions. 2. Interpretation. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “addressee”, in respect of a data message, means a person who is intended by the person originating the data message to receive the data message, but not a person acting as an intermediary in respect of the data message; 3