Section 8: Electronic signatures
This section is inserted by Act No 5 of 2026, section 5.
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.
8. Electronic signatures
(1) Where any enactment requires a signature,
or provides for certain consequences if a document is not signed,
an electronic signature shall satisfy that requirement if a method
is used to identify the party and indicate its intention in respect
of the information contained in the electronic record.
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(2) The method referred to in subsection (1) shall be –
(a) reliable and appropriate for the purpose for
which the electronic record was generated or
communicated, in the light of all the circumstances,
including any relevant agreement; or
(b) proven in fact to have fulfilled the purpose
specified in subsection (1), by itself or such
documentary evidence as may be required.