47. Offences
48. Consent of Director of Public Prosecutions
49. Jurisdiction
50. Regulations
51. Transitional provision
52. Consequential amendments
53. Commencement
An Act
To provide for an appropriate legal framework to facilitate electronic transactions and
communications by regulating electronic records and electronic signatures and the security thereof
ENACTED by the Parliament of Mauritius, as follows –
PART I – PRELIMINARY
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Electronic Transactions Act 2000.
2.
Interpretation
In this Act “asymmetric cryptosystem 'means a system capable of generating a secure key pair,
consisting of a private key for creating a digital signature, and a public key to verify the
digital signature;
“authorised officer” means the person designated as such under section 25 of the
Information and Communication Technologies Act;
Amended by [Act No. 7 of 2009]
“automated transaction" means a transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in part,
by electronic means or electronic records, in which the acts or records of one or both
parties are not reviewed by an individual in the ordinary course in forming a contract,
performing under an existing contract, or for filling an obligation required by the transaction;
“certificate" means a record issued by a certification authority for the purpose of supporting
digital signatures which purports to confirm the identity or other significant characteristics,
of the person who holds a particular key pair;
"certification authority" means a person duly authorised under this Act to issue a certificate;