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Electronic Transactions Act, 2008

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Object and scope of the Act
1. Object of the Act
2. Application
3. Scope of Act
4. Exclusion
Electronic transactions
5. Recognition of electronic message
6. Original writing
7. Admissibility and evidential weight of electronic records
8. Retention of electronic records
9. Secure electronic records
10. Digital signature
11. Equal treatment of digital signatures
12. Signing of an electronic record
13. Conduct of a person relying on a digital signature
14. Recognition of electronic certificates and digital signatures
15. Notarisation, acknowledgement and certification
16. Other requirements
17. Automated transactions
18. Despatch of electronic record
19. Receipt of electronic record
20. Expression of intent or other statement
21. Attribution of electronic records to originator
22. Acknowledgement of receipt of electronic record
23. Formation and validity of agreements
24. Variation by agreement between parties
Electronic government services
25. Acceptance of electronic filing and issuing of documents
26. Public agency and electronic records
27. Publication in electronic format
Certifying Agency
28. Prohibited acts
29. Provision of authentication encryption services
30. Certifying Agency
31. Functions of the Certifying Agency
32. Revocation of suspension of licence
33. Surrender of licence
34. Recognition of foreign certifying authorities
35. Repository of digital signatures
36. Register of licence holders
37. Restrictions of disclosure of information
38. Application for licence
39. Grant of licence
40. Display of licence
41. Duties of licensed entities
42. Renewal of licence
43. Procedure for grant or rejection of renewal of licence
44. Notification of adverse event
45. Procedures to be followed by licensed person
Consumer protection
46. Scope of application
47 Information to be provided
48. Performance
49. Grace period
50. Unsolicited goods, services or communications
51. Liability for misuse of electronic payment medium
52. Electronic payment medium lists prohibited
53. Applicability of foreign law
54. Non-exclusion
Protected computers and critical database
55. Protected computer
56. Identification of critical electronic record and critical databases
57. Scope of critical database protection
58. Registration of critical databases
59. Management of critical databases
60. Restrictions on disclosure of information
61. Right of inspection
62. Non-compliance with Act
Domain name registry
63. Establishment of Registry
64. Functions of the Registry
65. Duties of the Registry
66. Licensing of registrars and registries
67. Governing Body of the Domain Name Registry
68. Tenure of office of members
69. Meetings of the Board
70. Disclosure of interest
71. Appointment of committees
72. Dispute Resolution Committee
73. Powers of the Dispute Resolution Committee
74. Allowances
75 The Executive Director
76. Functions of the Executive Director
77. Appointment of other staff
78. Funds of the Registry
79. Accounts and audit
80. Annual report and other reports
81. Resolution of disputes
Appeal Tribunal
82. Establishment of the Information Communication Technology Tri-bunal
83. Composition of the Tribunal
84. Rules of Procedure of Tribunal
85. Appeals against decisions of the Agency or Dispute Resolution Com-mittee
86. Decision of Tribunal
87. Appeals against the decisions of the Tribunal
Industry Forum
88. Establishment of Industry Forum
89. Industry code
Liability of service providers and intermediaries
90. Mere conduit
91. Electronic record transmission
92. Hosting
93. Information location tools
94. Take-down notification
95. Monitoring and compliance
96. Limitations and prohibited acts
Cyber inspectors
98. Powers of law enforcement officers
99. Law enforcement officer and third party assistance
100. Preservation of evidence
101. Contents of electronic communications in electronic storage
102. Disclosure of electronic information
103. Provider to keep logs and records
104. Backup preservation
105. Customer challenge
106. Inadmissible Evidence
Cyber offences
107. Stealing
108. Appropriation
109. Representation
110. Charlatanic advertisement
111. Attempt to commit crimes
112. Aiding and abetting
113. Duty to prevent felony
114. Conspiracy
115. Forgery
116. Intent
117. Criminal negligence
118. Access to protected computer
119. Obtaining electronic payment medium falsely
120. Electronic trafficking
121. Possession of electronic counterfeit-making equipment
122. General offence for fraudulent electronic fund transfer
123. General provision for cyber offences
124. Unauthorised access or interception
125. Unauthorised interference with electronic record
126. Unauthorised access to devices
127. Unauthorised circumvention
128. Denial of service
129. Unlawful access to stored communications
130. Unauthorised access to computer programme or electronic record
131. Unauthorised modification of computer programme or electronic record
132. Unauthorsed disclosure of access code
133. Offence relating to national interest and security
134. Causing a computer to cease to function
135. Illegal devices
136. Child pornography
137. Confiscation of assets
138. Order for compensation
139. Ownership of programme or electronic record
140. Conviction and civil claims
Miscellaneous matters
141. Record and access to seized electronic record
142. Territorial scope of offences under this Act
143. Regulations
144. Interpretation

Electronic Transactions Act, 2008en

Law

Is this the Official Copy?: Yes

Status of Law: Final

Adoption Date: 18 déc. 2008

Type of Law: Legislation

Keywords

E-transaction
Electronic communications

Institution that Established this Law: Republic of Ghana

Country

Ghana

Research Category: Other

Collection: CIPIT

Notes: AN ACT to provide for the regulation of electronic communications and related transactions and to provide for connected purposes

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Date Updated: 24 sept. 2019

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