522 No. 41 of 2021] Cap. 126 Electronic means of payment Electronic Government (2) A public body shall in any administrative procedure or public function in which it is required to establish a person’s identity by virtue of a legal provision or in which the public body considers identification to be necessary on other grounds, offer electronic proof of identity issued under the National Registration Act. 11. (1) Where a law requires a payment to be made, the requirement of the law is fulfilled if the payment is made by electronic means and complies with any conditions imposed by the Government. (2) Where a law requires the issuance of a receipt of payment, that requirement is fulfilled if the receipt is in electronic form and is accessible and intelligible so as to be usable for subsequent reference. (3) An information processing system used for standards relating to electronic transactions shall be sufficiently secured in accordance with accepted technological standards at the time relating to authentication, integrity, availability and confidentiality to process electronic transactions including electronic banking, mobile banking, electronic funds transfers, point of sale, automatic teller machines and other related electronic transactions or systems or as may be prescribed. (4) An organisation engaged in electronic payments, contracts and service provision shall meet security requirements in line with the relevant industry standards of the technology being offered by that organisation for electronic payments. (5) A public body shall, where a charge or other amount receivable arises in connection with an administrative procedure or public function carried out by electronic means, enable payment of that charge or other amount receivable by participating in at least one adequately secure payment procedure which is customary in the area of electronic business transactions. Required documentation and data sharing 12. (1) Where an administrative procedure or public function is carried out by electronic means, the documents to be presented may be submitted by electronic means, except where this contravenes a legal provision or where a public body requires the submission of an original document.