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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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