Electronic
2 3 8 [ N o . 21 o f 2 0 0 9
and
Communications
Transactions
" wire communication " means an aural transfer made in
w h o l e or in part for t h e t r a n s m i s s i o n and s t o r a g e o f
communications by the aid of wire, cable or other like
connection;
" w e b page " m e a n s a data m e s s a g e on the World Wide
Web;
website " means any location on the internet containing
a home page or w e b page;
*' World W i d e W e b " m e a n s an i n f o r m a t i o n b r o w s i n g
framework that allows a user to locate and access
information stored on a remote computer and to follow
references from one computer to related information on
another computer;
Zambia Development Agency
means the Zambia
Development Agency established under section four o f
the Zambia Development Agency Act, 2006;
Act No. 11
" Zambia Postal Services Corporation " means the Zambia
Postal Services Corporation established under the Postal
Services Act; and
Cap. 470
" zm domain name space " means the .zm c c T L D assigned
to the Republic of Zambia according to the two-letter codes
in the International Standard ISO.
Application
3 . (1) Subject to the other provisions of this section, this Act
applies in respect of any electronic transaction or data message.
(2) This Act shall not be construed a s —
(a) requiring any person to generate, communicate, produce,
process, send, receive, record, retain, store or display
any i n f o r m a t i o n , d o c u m e n t or s i g n a t u r e by, or in.
electronic form; or
(b) prohibiting a person from establishing requirements in
respect o f the manner in which that person will accept
data m e s s a g e s .
Cap. 184
(3)
Sections five and six of this Act do not apply to the Lands
Act.
Cap. 60
( 4 ) Part II o f t h i s A c t d o e s not a p p l y t o t h e W i l i s a n d
Administration of Testate Estates Act.
(5)
This Act shall not be construed as giving validity to any of
the following transactions: