4.
Legal Recognition of Electronic Record: Where the prevailing law
requires any information, documents, records or any other matters to be kept in
written or printed typewritten form, then, if such information, document, record
or the matter is maintained in an electronic form by fulfilling the procedures as
stipulated in this Act or the Rules made hereunder, such electronic record shall
also have legal validity.
5.
Legal Recognition of Digital Signature: Where the prevailing law requires
any information, document, record or any other matters to be certified by
affixing signature or any document to be signed by any person; then, if such
information, documents, records or matters are certified by the digital signature
after fulfilling the procedures as stipulated in this Act or the Rules made
hereunder, such digital signature shall also have legal validity.
6.
Electronic Records to be Kept Safely: Where the prevailing law requires
any information, document or record to be kept safely for any specific period of
time and if such information, document or record are kept safely in an
electronic form, by fulfilling the following condition,, such information,
document or record shall have legal validity if that is,(a)
kept in an accessible condition making available for a subsequent
reference,
(b)
kept safely in the format that can be demonstrated subject to presenting
again exactly in the same format in which they were originally generated
and transmitted or received or stored,
(c)
kept making the details available by which the origin, destination and
transmission or date and time of receipt can be identified,
Provided that the provision of this Clause shall not be applied in regard to any
information to be generated automatically for the purpose of transmitting or
receiving any record.
7.
Electronic Record May Fulfill the Requirement of Submission of any
Original Document: Where the prevailing law requires that any record shall
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