530 No. 41 of 2021] Electronic Government (2) A person shall not, where a law allows information to be presented or retained in electronic form, demand that the information that person presents be received in electronic form by a public body otherwise than as specified or required by that public body. Determination of originality of data message Act No. 4 of 2021 31. A public body shall, for the purposes of determination of the originality of a data message under the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2021, ensure that the integrity of any information shall be assessed— (a) by considering whether the information has remained complete and unaltered, except for the addition of any endorsement and any change which arises in the normal course of communication, storage and display; (b) in relation to the purpose for which the information was generated; and (c) having regard to all other relevant circumstances. Use and acceptance of electronic signature for public body Act No. 4 of 2021 32. A public body may use and accept electronic signatures in accordance with this Act, Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2021 or any other written law. Electronic Gazette 33. (1) The Government Printer may for the purposes of this Act, establish and maintain an electronic Gazette. (2) Where any law provides that any rule, regulation, order, by-law, notification or any other matter shall be published in the Gazette, then, that requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if that rule, regulation, order, by-law, notification or any other matter is published in the Gazette or e-Gazette, except that, where any rule, regulation, order, by-law, notification or any other matter is published in the Gazette or e-Gazette, the date of publication shall be deemed to be the date of the Gazette which was first published in any form. (3) The Division may, for the purposes of subsections (1) and (2), approve a website on which the information in the database may be published and accessed.

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