provided for in this Act.
(3) Where a seal is required by law to be affixed to
a document and the law does not prescribe the
method or form by which the document may be
sealed by electronic means, that requirement is
met if the document indicates that it is required to
be under seal and it includes the advanced
electronic signature of the person by whom it is
required to be sealed.
(4) Where a law requires or permits a person to
send a document or information by registered or
certified post or similar service, that requirement is
met if an electronic copy of the document or
information is sent to a service provider authorized
by the Authority, is registered by the service
provider and sent by that service provider to the
electronic address provided by the sender.
Retention of
information
rule of law requires that
181. (1) Where a
certain documents, records or information be
retained, that requirement is satisfied by retaining
them in the form of electronic records, if the
following conditions are satisfied
(a) the information contained in them remains
accessible so as to be usable for sub
sequent reference;
(b) the electronic record is retained in the
format in which it was originally generated,
sent or received, or in a format which can
be demonstrated to represent accurately
the information originally generated, sent or
received;
(c) such information, if any, as enables the
identification of the origin and destination of
an electronic record and the date and time
when it was sent or received, is retained;
and
(d) the consent of the department of the
Government, organ of State or the statutory
body, which has supervision over the
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