Act 8
Electronic Transactions Act
2011
“information” includes data,text,images,sounds,codes,computer
programmes, software and databases;
“information system” means a system for generating, sending,
receiving, storing, displaying or otherwise processing data
messages and includes the internet or any other information
sharing system;
“information system services” includes a provision of
connections, operation facilities, for information systems,
the provision of access of information systems, the
transmission or routing of data messages between or among
points specified by a user and the processing and storage of
data, at the individual request of the recipient of the service;
“intermediary” means a person who, on behalf of another
person, whether as agent or not, sends, receives or stores a
particular data message or provides other services with
respect to that data message;
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for information and
communications technology;
“originator” means a person by whom or on whose behalf, a data
message is sent or generated prior to storage, but does not
include a person acting as an intermediary in respect of that data
message;
“person” includes any company or association or body of
persons corporate or unincorporate;
“public body” includes the Government, a department, service or
undertaking of the Government, Cabinet, Parliament, a court,
local Government administration or a local council and any
committee or commission thereof, an urban authority, a
municipal council and any committee of any such council, any
corporation, committee, board, commission or similar body
whether corporate or incorporate established by an Act of
Parliament relating to undertakings of public services or such
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