C 2612 2010 No.

Electronic Transactions

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	(a) the creation or execution of a will;

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	(b) the execution of negotiable instruments;

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	(c) the creation, performance or enforcement of an indenture, declaration

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of trust or power of attorney with the exception of constructive and

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resulting trusts;

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	(d) any contract for the sale or other disposition of immovable property,
or any interest in such property;

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	(e) the conveyance of immovable property or the transfer of any interest
in immovable property;

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	(f ) documents of title for movable or immovable property; and

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	(g) where such application would involve a construction of a rule of law

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that is clearly inconsistent with the manifest intent of the lawmaking body

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or repugnant to the context of the same rule of law:

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Regulations.
Validity of

Electronic
Records.
Documents

	

Provided that the mere requirement that information be in writing,

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written or “printed” shall not by itself be sufficient to establish such

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intent.

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and regulations that shall be complied with in order to meet the provisions

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of this Act.

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Act, documents whose media are not paper, shall be liable to stamp duties

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as may be prescribed by the appropriate regulatory body.

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Act, or rules made under it, it shall be lawful to transmit and send documents

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as defined in this Act.

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	3.—(1) Information shall not be denied legal effect, validity and

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enforceability solely on the grounds of:

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	(a) the medium in or on which the information is represented, the

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technology in which the representation of the information was made in

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which the information is being communicated;

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(3) Any appropriate regulatory body may prescribe rules, conditions

(4) Notwithstanding anything in the Stamp Duty Act, in relation to this

(5) Notwithstanding anything contained in the Nigerian Communications

	(b) the Information In the document derives its validity and enforceability

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