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Electronic Transactions
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receipt
with the addressee on the form or method, be given by(a) any electronic communication by the addressee,
automated or otherwise; or
(b) any act of the addressee, sufficient to indicate to
the originator that the electronic communication
has been received.
(2) Where the originator has stipulated that an
electronic communication shall be binding only on receipt of
an acknowledgment, and the acknowledgment has not been
received, the originator shall (a) within the time specified or agreed or, if no time
has been specified or agreed to within a reasonable
time, then the originator may give notice to the
addressee stating that no acknowledgment has
been received by him and specifying reasonable
time by which the acknowledgment shall be
received by him;
(b) within the aforesaid time limit, he may after giving
notice to the addressee, treat the electronic
communication as though it has never been sent.
Place of
dispatch and
receipt of
electronic
communication
24.-(1) Unless otherwise agreed between the originator
and the addressee, an electronic communication is deemed to
be dispatched at the place where the originator has its place of
business and is deemed to be received at the place where the
addressee has its place of business.
(2) Subsection (1) shall apply(a) even if the originator or addressee was not at his
usual place of business; and
(b) to determine the place where a contract was
concluded for the purposes of taxation.
(3) For the purpose of subsection (1), if the originator
or the addressee-
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