10 Electronic Transactions Act, No. 19 of 2006 (} (@) that— 17. For the avoidance of doubt it is hereby declared if the originator and. the addressee are in different (a) if an offer and acceptance.of an.offer has been in whole or in part expressed by means of an electronic record, an electronic. signature attached to, or logically associated with, such electronic record shall not be denied Jegal effect.soley on the ground that itis with an electronic signature ; (6) if an electraric communication is used in formaticn of a contract, the contract shall not denied validity or enforceability solely on ground that an electronic record had been used such purpose ; 15. The Minister may by regulation prescribe the matters which may be agreed to between the parties to such contract, involving the generating, sending, ” receiving, storing or otherwise processing of data messages, e'ectronic documents, electronic records or other communicat’on, in relation to the provisions of Chapter JIT, Liability of Certification Service Providers. 16. (lA Certification Service Provider shall not te Subject to any civil or crimina! liability for any transaction under this Act in, respect of third party information in the form of dats messapes, electronic documents, electronic records or other communications to which he merely provides access, if such liability is founded, on — (a) (6) the making, publication, dissemination, or distribution of such information or any statement made in such information ; or the infringemerit of any rights subsisting in or in relation to such information. (2) Nothing in this section shall effect{a) any obligation founded on contract ; (2) the obligations of a Certification Service Provider providing such services under a licensing or other regulatory regime established under any written law ; or (c) lt “usual: place of residence” in relation to a body corporate, means the place where it is registered : time zones, time refeis to Universal Standard Time. Variation by agreement. Electronic Transactions Act, No. 19 af 2006 any obligation imposed under any written Jaw or by 4 court to remove, information. block or deny access to any {c} Avoidance detubt. of the be the for the accepted principles of common law relating to contracts that the offeror may prescribe the method of communicating acceptance, shall not be affected by anything contained in this Chapter ;_ (@) acontract formed by the interaction of an automated message system and a natura! person or by the interaction of automated message systems, shall not be denied validity or ground that there was a natural person of the actions carried out system. enforceability solely on the no.review or intervention by final contrct or of each of the by the automated message CHAPTER IV CERTIFICATION AUTHORITY AND CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE ProviDers 18. (1) There shall be a Certification Authority designated by-the Minister for the purposes of this Act in consultation with the Minister ini charge of the subject of Information and Communication Technology, Designation of a Certification Authority.