Electronic Transactions
2010 No. C 2617
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purpose of which is to enable the document to be sent or received.
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of this section by using the services of any other person, provided that the
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conditions set forth in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of subsection (1) are met.
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that any Agency or department of the Federal or State Government or any
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authority or body established by or under any law shall accept, issue, create,
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retain and preserve any document only in an electronic form or effect any
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monetary transaction by means of a document.
(3) A person may satisfy the requirement referred to in subsection (1)
(4) Nothing in this Act, shall confer a right upon any person to insist
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Part III — Electronic Signature
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11.—(l) Where the signature of a person is required, that requirement
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is met in relation to an electronic communication if:
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(a) any method is used to identify the person and to indicate the person’s
approval of the information communicated;
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(b) having regard to all the relevant circumstances at the time the method
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was used, the method was as reliable as was appropriate for the purposes
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for which the information was communicated; and
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(c) the person to whom the signature is required to be given consents to
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that requirement being met by way of the use of the method mentioned
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in paragraph (a).
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provision for or in relation to requiring:
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(a) an electronic communication to contain an electronic signature
however described;
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(2) This section does not affect the operation of any other law that makes
(b) an electronic communication to contain a unique identification in an
electronic form; and
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(c) a particular method to be used in relation to an electronic
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communication to identify the originator of the communication and to
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indicate the originator’s approval of the information communicated.
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(3) This section shall apply to the execution and the use of the electronic
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signature in closed systems, unless the users of a closed system specify
otherwise.
signature.