The Council of Ministers, based on the recommendation of the Supreme Council and for
the public interest, may delete any of the exempt matters stipulated in the abovementioned paragraph or add to them.
Chapter Three
Requirements of Electronic Transactions
Article (4)
In the context of contract formation or conducting transactions, an offer or acceptance of
an offer may be expressed, in whole or in part, by means of electronic communications.
A contract or transaction shall not be denied validity or enforceability solely on the
grounds that one or more electronic communications were used in its formation.
Article (5)
A data message is from and attributed to the originator if it was sent by the originator
itself. A data message shall also be deemed to be that of the originator in the following
cases:
1- if the data message was sent by a person who had the authority to act on
behalf of the originator in respect of that data message or sent by an
information system or automated message system programmed to operate
by, or on behalf of, the originator.
2- if the addressee properly applied a procedure previously agreed to by the
originator for that purpose in order to ascertain whether the data message
was that of the originator.
3- if the data message as received by the addressee resulted from the actions
of a person whose relationship with the originator or with any agent of
the originator enabled that person to lawfully gain access to a method
used by the originator to identify the data message as its own.
Article (6)
A data message shall not be deemed from the originator in the following two cases:
1- from the time when the addressee has received notice from the originator that the
data message is not from the originator and had reasonable time to act
accordingly.
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