Act 8
Electronic Transactions Act
2011
(7) Where the acknowledgement states that the related data
message fulfilled the technical requirements, either agreed upon or set
forth in applicable standards, it is presumed, unless evidence to the
contrary is adduced, that those requirements have been met.
(8) Except in so far as it relates to sending or receiving of a data
message, this section does not apply to the legal consequences that arise
from the data message or from the acknowledgement of its receipt.
21. Variation of conditions or requirements by agreement.
Sections 16, 17, 18, 19 or 20 may be varied by an agreement made
between the parties involved in generating, sending, storing or
processing a data message.
PART III—E-GOVERNMENT SERVICES
22. Electronic filing and issuing of documents.
Where a law provides that a public body may—
(a) accept the filing of a document or requires that a document
be created or retained;
(b) issue a permit, licence or an approval; or
(c) provide for the making of a payment,
the public body may,
(i) accept the document to be filed, created or retained in
the form of a data message;
(ii) issue the permit, licence or approval in electronic form;
or
(iii) make or receive payment by electronic means.
23. Specific requirements by public body.
(1) A public body may for the purposes of section 22 by notice
in the Gazette, specify—
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