authorization, approval, registration, report, and application as stipulated by Acts and
subordinate statutes (hereafter in this Article referred to as "permission") in the form of
digital documents by anyone who administers facilities and equipment used for relaying
digital documents (hereafter referred to as a "digital document relayer").
(2)The digital document processed in accordance with paragraph (1) shall be deemed
the document stipulated in relevant Acts and subordinate statutes and the name signed
and the seal placed on that digital document, a letter indicating the ostensible person of
that digital document and an officially recognized digital signature under subparagraph
3 of Article 2 of the Digital Signature Act. <Amended by Act No. 6585, Dec. 31, 2001>
(3)Any permission processed in a digital document under paragraph (1) shall be judged
processed according to procedures stipulated in relevant Acts and subordinate statutes.
(4)The Presidential Decree shall stipulate requisite matters concerning requirements and
procedures for designating any digital document relayer.
Article 19 (Time for Transmitting and Receiving Digital Document)
(1)If anyone other than the creator or the creator’s agent, inputs the creator’s digital
document into a computer not managed by the creator or the creator’s agent, the digital
document shall be judged transmitted.
(2)Any digital document shall be judged received at a time falling under any of the
following subparagraphs:
1.The receiver designates a computer to receive the digital document and when the
digital document is input into that computer: Provided, that the digital document is input
into a computer other than the designated computer when the receiver outputs it;
2.The receiver does not designate a computer to receive the digital document when the
digital document is input into a computer managed by the receiver.
Article 20 (Presumption of Contents of a Digital Document)
(1)The relevant contents shall be presumed compiled according to the contents of the
digital document recorded in the computer file of the digital document relayer when a
dispute arises between parties or interested parties over the contents of a digital
document.
(2)State organ heads or any local government heads shall assign and publish a fixed
period of time that a digital document relayer must keep a digital document in their
custody.
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