and correctness of information it submits.
20.6 Signature holder bears responsibility by legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan for
damage caused by disobedience to terms stated in Article 20 of this law.
Chapter IV Electronic document
Article 21. Requirements for electronic document
21.1 Electronic document shall meet the following requirements:
21.1.1 shall be created, stored, developed, transmitted and received due to support of technical
and program means;
21.1.2 shall have structure stated in Article 22 of this law;
21.1.3 shall have details promoting identification;
21.1.4 shall be submitted due to support of technical and program means in visual form.
21.2 List of necessary details for identification of electronic document and its authenticity is
set by legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
Article 22. Structure of electronic document
22.1 Electronic document has structure consisted of general and special segments.
22.2 Information on contents of electronic document and the person it is addressed is stated in
general segment of that.
22.3 Electronic signature (signatures) and time indicator (indicators) enclosed to electronic
document are noted in special segment of electronic document.
Article 23. Forms of submission of electronic document
23.1 Electronic document has internal and external forms of submission.
23.2 Image of electronic document recorded in database is its internal form of submission.
23.3 Reflection of electronic document in visual form in another material object (display,
paper etc) differed from database is its external form of submission.
Article 24. Original of electronic document
24.1 Original of electronic document is possible in internal form of submission only.
24.2 All the same copies of electronic document in its internal form of submission are
considered original and equal.
24.3 Electronic document can have no copy in electronic version.
24.4 Each of documents of the same contents made by the same person in paper and electronic
version is independent and has equal right. In this case document on paper is not copy of the
one in electronic version.
Article 25. Copy of electronic document and rule to confirm that
25.1 Copy of electronic document is made by confirmation of its external form of submission
reflected on paper in a manner set by legislation of the Republic of Azerbaijan.