Section 16: Secure electronic signatures

16. Secure electronic signatures Where, in the application of a prescribed security procedure or a commercially reasonable security procedure agreed to by the parties involved, it can be verified that an electronic signature was, at the time it was made— (a) unique to the person using it; (b) capable of identifying such person; (c) created in a manner or using a means under the sole control of the person using it; and (d) linked to the electronic record to which it relates in a manner such that had the record been changed, the electronic signature would be invalidated, the signature shall be treated as a secure electronic signature.