Article 12
The Executive Head shall assume responsibilities of the chairperson in case of his/her
absence.
Article 13
All entities and companies operating in the fields of e-transactions and ICT shall submit
to ITIDA reports, statistics or information related to ITIDA activities.
Article 14
Within the scope of civil, commercial and administrative transactions, e-signatures shall
have the same determinative effect that signatures have under the provisions of the
Evidence Law in the civil and commercial articles, if the creation and completion thereof
come in compliance with the terms stipulated in this Law and the technical and
technological rules identified in the Executive Regulations of this law.
Article 15
Within the scope of civil, commercial and administrative transactions, e-writing and
electronically written messages shall have the same determinative effect that writing,
official, and unofficial messages have under the provisions of the Evidence Law in the
civil and commercial articles as long as it meets the terms and regulations stipulated in
this Law in compliance with the technical and technological rules identified in the
Executive Regulations thereof.
Article 16
The hardcopy of the electronically written message shall have the same determinative
effect on all parties to the extent that this hardcopy is conforming to the original
electronically written message, and as long as the official electronically written message
and the e-signature are saved on an electronic backup archiving.
Article 17
Unless stipulated in this Law or the Executive Regulations thereof, the provisions of the
Evidence Law in the civil and commercial articles shall prevail in relation to proving the
validity of the official and unofficial electronically written messages, e-signatures and ewritings.
Article 18
The e-signatures, e-writing, and electronically written messages shall have the
determinative effect for evidence provided their compliance with the following:
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