Section 14C: Error in electronic communications
This section is inserted by Act No 5 of 2026, section 8.
consolidated text (as at 2012, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
14C. Error in electronic communications
(1) Where a natural person makes an input error in an
electronic communication exchanged with the automated message
system of another party and the automated message system does
not provide the person with an opportunity to correct the error,
that person, or the party on whose behalf that person was acting,
may withdraw the portion of the electronic communication in
which the input error was made if the person, or the party on whose
behalf that person was acting –
(a) notifies the other party of the error as soon as
possible after having learned of the error and
indicates that he made an error in the electronic
communication; and
(b) has not used or received any material benefit or
value from the goods or services, if any, received
from the other party.
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(2) Nothing in this section affects the application of any
rule of law that may govern the consequences of any error other than
as provided in subsection (1).