LAWS OF BRUNEI Electronic Transactions 2008 Ed. CAP. 196 7 ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS ACT An Act to make provision for the security and use of electronic transactions and for connected purposes Commencement (except Part X): 1st May 2001 [S 40/01] PART I PRELIMINARY Citation. 1. (1) This Act may be cited as the Electronic Transactions Act. (2) The Minister may, with the approval of His Majesty the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan, by notification in the Gazette, appoint different dates for the commencement of different provisions of this Act and for different purposes of the same provision. Interpretation. 2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — “asymmetric cryptosystem” means a system capable of generating a secure key pair, consisting of a private key for creating a digital signature, and a public key to verify the digital signature; “certification authority” means a person who or an organisation that issues a certificate; “certification practice statement” means a statement issued by a certification authority to specify the practices that the certification authority employs in issuing certificates; “Controller” means the Controller of Certification Authorities appointed under section 41(1) and includes a Deputy or an Assistant Controller of Certification Authorities appointed under section 41(2); B.L.R.O. 4/2008