Electronic Communications and Transactions [No. 4 of 2021 133 GOVERNMENT OF ZAMBIA ACT No. 4 of 2021 Date of Assent: 23rd March, 2021 An Act to provide a safe and effective environment for electronic transactions; promote secure electronic signatures; facilitate electronic filing of documents by public authorities; provide for the use, security, facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions; promote legal certainty and confidence, and encourage investment and innovation in relation to electronic transactions; regulate the National Public Key Infrastructure; repeal and replace the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2009; and provide for matters connected with, or incidental, to the foregoing. [24th March, 2021 ENACTED by the Parliament of Zambia. Enactment PART I PRELIMINARY 1. This Act may be cited as the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2021, and shall come into operation on the date appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “access” in relation to a computer system or electronic communication system, means the right to use or open the whole or any part of the computer system or electronic communication system, or to see, open, use, get or enter information in a computer system; “advanced electronic signature” means a digital signature that is based on a certificate, that is unique to the user, capable of verification, under the sole control of the person using it and linked to the data in a manner that if the data is changed, the signature is invalidated; Short title and commencement Interpretation