the automated source of information does not give the individual an opportunity to prevent or
correct the error;
(c)
on becoming aware of the error, the individual promptly notifies the other person; and
(d)
in a case where consideration is received as a result of the error, the individual, returns or
destroys the consideration in accordance with the other person’s instructions or, if there are
no instructions, deals with the consideration in a reasonable manner, and does not benefit
materially by receiving the consideration.
(2) This section does not limit the operation of any other rule of law relating to mistake.
1. As between the originator and the addressee of a communication in electronic form, a
declaration of will or other statement shall not be denied legal effect, validity or enforceability
solely on the grounds that it is in electronic form.
2. (1) An electronic communication is sent when it enters an information system outside the
sender’s control or, if the sender and the addressee use the same information system, when it
becomes capable of being retrieved and processed by the addressee.
Mistakes in partlyauthomated transactions.
Expressions of
will.
Time and place of sending and receiving electronic communications.
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(2)
(a)
(b)
(3)
(4)
(5)
An electronic communication is presumed to be received by the addressee:
if the addressee has designated or uses an information system for the purpose of receiving
communications of the type sent, when it enters that information system and becomes
capable of being retrieved and processed by the addressee; or
if the addressee has not designated or does not use an information system for the purpose of
receiving communications of the type sent, or if the addressee has designated or used such a
system but the communication has been sent to another system, when the addressee becomes
aware of the communication in the addressee’s information system and it becomes capable of
being retrieved and processed by the addressee.
Subsections (1) and (2) apply unless the parties agree otherwise.
An electronic communication is deemed to be sent from the sender’s place of business and
received at the addressee’s place of business.
If the sender or the addressee has more than one place of business, the place of business for