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;

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