a 12 Electronic Transactioils Act, Na. se Electronic Transactions Act, No. 19 of 2006 19 of 2006 20. (1) No person shall function as an accredited Certification Service Provider unless be holds a valid certificate of accreditation issued under the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment Act, No. 32 of 2005. (2) in designating a Certification Authority the Minister may by Order published im the Gazette, designate any Government Department, Public Corporation, Statutory Body, Institution, or authority or any branch or unit thereof which shati be charged with the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter ; the Minister shal! in making the Order take into consideration the capacity of the Government Department, Public Corporation, Statutory Body, institution or authority to be designated in relation to its overall ability provider to engage 19, of The Certification Authority the Sri Lanka Accreditation Board for Conformity Assessment Act, No. 32 of 2005, in keeping with the criteria for shall have the power accreditation specified by the Certification Authority under paragraph (a) of section 19, identify the criteria which will form the basis for accreditation of Certification Service Providers and CHAPTER V the qualifications required by them ; (b) (c) (d) RuLes GOVERNING EvIDENCE 21. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Evidence Ordinance or any other written law, the following hear appeals and specify the procedure to be followed in the granting of accreditation for the purposes of this Act ; provisions of this section shall be applicable for the purposes Of this Act. specify the procedure for the hearing of appeals in (2} Any information contained in a data message, or any the event of a refusal to grant or renew accreditation under section 20, as the case may be; electronic issue licences or any other form of authorisation to Certification Service Providers to provide prescribed electronic record or other (a) touching any fact in issue or relevant fact ; and (b) compiled, received or obtained during the course of any business, trade or profession or other regularly conducted activity, « require Certification Service Providers ta maintain shall be admissible in any proceedings : from time to time call for information as may be Provided that, direct oral evidence of such fact in issue or relevant fact if available, shall be admissible ; and there is no such records and registers as may be prescribed ; reason to believe that the information contained in a data message, or any electronic document, electronic record or other communication is unreliable or inaccurate : necessary from Certification Service Providers and -issue directions to such Certification Service Providers, =e (f document, communication— Services ; (e) in the business of providing certification (3) A certificate of accreditation to a Certification Service Provider may be granted in eccordance with, provisions of to-— (a) Service Providers. services without being accredited. Certification Service Providers. Certification Authority, Accreditation of Certification (2) Nothing in this Act shall be construed as impeding or in any way restricting the rights of any certification service to discharge the obligations under this Act in ensuring the proper functioning of certification services by accredited Powers 13 Apphcabitity of ihe Rules of Evidence,