No.13
Other
requirements
Electronic Transactions
2015
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11.-(1) Where the law requires –
(a) submission of multiple copies of a document to a
single addressee at the same time, that
requirement is met by submission of a single
electronic communication that is capable of
being reproduced by that addressee;
(b) a seal to be affixed and signature to a document
and that law does not prescribe the method or
form by which such a document may be sealed
by electronic means, that requirement shall be
met if the document is sealed and signed
electronically by a person who was required to
seal and sign that document; or
(c) a person to send an information or a document by
post or a similar service, that requirement
shall be met if that information or document is
sent in an electronic form.
(2) An expression in a written law, including the
terms "document", "record", "file", "submit", "lodge",
"deliver", "issue", "publish", "write in", "print" or words or
expressions of similar effect, shall be interpreted so as to
include or permit such form, format or action in relation to
an electronic communication unless it is otherwise provided
for in this Act.
Conduct of
person relying
on electronic
signature
12. A person who relies on an electronic signature
shall bear the legal consequence of failure to take reasonable
steps to verify the(a) authenticity of a electronic signature; or
(b) validity of a certificate or observe any limitation
with respect to the certificate where
an
electronic signature is supported by a certificate.
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