11. Consumer protection. 12. Regulations. THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of [] the Government of Belize. CHAPTER 290:01 ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS No. 8 of 2003. [31st January, 2003] 1. This Act may be cited as the Electronic Transactions Act. Short title. 2. This Act shall come into force on a day to be appointed by the Attorney Commencement. General by Order published in the Gazette. 1. The objects of this Act are: Objects. 1. to eliminate legal barriers to the effective use of electronic communications in transactions; 2. to promote the harmonization of legal rules on electronic transactions across national boundaries; 3. to facilitate the appropriate use of electronic transactions; 4. to promote business and community confidence in electronic transactions; and 5. to enable business and the community to use electronic communications in their transactions with government. 3. (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires: Definitions. “electronic” includes created, recorded, transmitted or stored in digital or other intangible form by electronic, magnetic, optical or by any other means that has THE SUBSTANTIVE LAWS OF BELIZE REVISED EDITION 2003 Printed by the Government Printer, No. 1 Power Lane, Belmopan, by the authority of [] the Government of Belize. Crown to be bound. Nondiscrimination against electronic information. capabilities for creation, recording, transmission or storage similar to those means; “electronic signature” means information in electronic form that a person has created or adopted in order to sign a document and that is in, attached to or associated with a document; “public body” includes: (a)