LAWS OF BRUNEI
2008 Ed.
Electronic Transactions
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(a) the manner and format in which such electronic records
shall be filed, created, retained or issued;
(b) where such electronic records have to be signed, the type of
electronic signature required including, if applicable, a requirement
that the sender use a digital signature or other secure electronic
signature;
(c) the manner and format in which such signature shall be
affixed to the electronic record, and the identity of or criteria that shall
be met by any certification authority used by the person filing the
document;
(d) control processes and procedures as appropriate to ensure
adequate integrity, security and confidentiality of electronic records
or payments; and
(e) any other required attributes for electronic records or
payments that are currently specified for corresponding paper
documents.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall by itself compel any department or
ministry of the Government, organ of State or statutory body to accept or
issue any document in the form of electronic records.
PART XII
GENERAL
Obligation of confidentiality.
48.
(1) Except for the purposes of this Act or for any prosecution for an
offence under any written law or pursuant to any order of court, no person
who has, pursuant to any powers conferred under this Part, obtained access
to any electronic record, book, register, correspondence, information,
document or other material shall disclose such electronic record, book,
register, correspondence, information, document or other material to any
other person.
(2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an
offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000,
imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or both.
B.L.R.O. 4/2008