Act No 23 of 2000 Date : 01 August 2000 THE ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT 2000 I assent CASSAM UTEEM President of the Republic ---------------

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The Electronic Transaction Act 2000

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Summary: The Electronic Transaction Act 2000 provides a legal framework to facilitate electronic transactions and communications by regulating electronic records and electronic signatures and the security thereof. The Act is applicable to electronic records and electronic signatures relating to a transaction or an automated transaction.

The main objectives of the Act include:

a) establish the legal infrastructure necessary to implement secure electronic commerce and to remove uncertainties over writing and signature requirements;

b) regulate electronic commerce and other electronic transactions by means of secure and reliable electronic records;

c) establish the authenticity and integrity of correspondence in any electronic medium;

d) prevent the incidence of forged electronic records and fraud in electronic commerce and other electronic transactions; and

e) promote public confidence in the integrity and reliability of electronic records and electronic commerce

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