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Production of
original
document in
electronic
form
No.13
Electronic Transactions
2015
20.-(1) Where a written law requires a person to
produce a document or information, that requirement is met
if –
(a) the person produces, by means of an electronic
communication, an electronic form of that
document or information;
(b) considering all the relevant circumstances, at the
time that an electronic communication was sent,
the method of generating the electronic form of
the document provided a reliable means of
assuring the maintenance of integrity of the
information contained in the document; and
(c) at the time that an electronic communication is
sent, it is reasonable to expect that an
information contained in the document or
information would be readily accessible so as to
be usable for subsequent reference.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the integrity
of the information contained in a document is maintained if
the information has remained complete and unaltered,
except for(a) the addition of any endorsement; or
(b) any immaterial change, which arises in the
normal course of communication, storage or
display.
PART V
RECOGNITION OF ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS
Recognition
of electronic
contracts
21.-(1) For avoidance of doubt, a contract may be
formed electronically unless otherwise agreed by the parties.
(2) Where an electronic record is used in the
formation of a contract, that contract shall not be denied
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