Electronic Transactions
2010 No. C 2623
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statement that he has reason to know that the electronic agent will perform
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the subject of the contract, or instruct a person or agent to do so.
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corporate, to make financial payments, such obligation shall be fulfilled if the
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payment is made electronically in a manner specified by the Central Bank of
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Nigeria under any law, regulation or directive.
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developments in Information Technology, may by regulation provide that
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subsection (l) does not apply to a specified transaction or to a specified law.
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27.—(1) A document is that of the originator if it was sent by the
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originator.
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to be that of the originator if it was sent:
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(a) by a person who had the authority to act on behalf of the originator in
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(5) Where there is an obligation on any person, agency or body
(6) NITDA or any appropriate regulatory body, having due regard to
(2) As between the originator and the addressee, a document is deemed
respect of that document; and
(b) by an information system programmed by, or on behalf of, the originator
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to operate automatically.
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(3) As between the originator and the addressee, an addressee is
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entitled to regard a document as being that of the originator, and to act on
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that assumption, if:
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(a) in order to ascertain whether the document was that of the originator,
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the addressee properly applied a procedure previously agreed to by the
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originator for that purpose; and
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(b) the document as received by the addressee resulted from the actions
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of a person whose relationship with the originator or with any agent of
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the originator enabled that person to gain access to a method used by
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the originator to identify documents.
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(4) Subsection (3) does not apply:
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(a) if the addressee has received notice from the originator that the
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document is not that of the originator, and had reasonable time to act
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accordingly;