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Legal recognition for electronic signatures, records
View(s):Legal recognition is to be given to electronic signatures, electronic records and issue of any official document in electronic form. This will come through legislation to be introduced in Parliament on Tuesday.
The legislation will come by way of amendments to the Electronic Transactions Act to give effect to the United Nations Convention on
the use of Electronic Communications in International Contracts.
The amendments to the 2006 Act will boost online as well as cross-border trade in keeping with the Convention’s objective of using electronic communications for the formulation of contracts between parties whose places of business are in different states.
The Bill will be presented by Telecommunication and Digital Infrastructure Minister Harin Fernando.