Bearing in mind:
Article 5 section (1) and Article 20 of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia;
With the Joint Consent of
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
and
THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
HAS DECIDED:
To enact: LAW CONCERNING ELECTRONIC INFORMATION AND TRANSACTIONS.
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
In this law:
1. “Electronic Information” means one cluster or clusters of electronic data, including but not limited to
writings, sounds, images, maps, drafts, photographs, electronic data interchange (EDI), electronic mails,
telegrams, telex, telecopy or the like, letters, signs, figures, Access Codes, symbols or perforations that
have been processed for meaning or understandable to persons qualified to understand them.
2. “Electronic Transactions” means a legal act that is committed by the use of Computers, Computer
networks, and/or other electronic media.
3. “Information Technology” means a technique to collect, prepare, store, process, announce, analyze,
and/or disseminate information.
4. “Electronic Record” means any Electronic Information that is created, forwarded, sent, received, or
stored in analog, digital, electromagnetic, optical form, or the like, visible, displayable and/or audible via
Computers or Electronic Systems, including but not limited to writings, sounds, images, maps, drafts,
photographs or the like, letters, signs, figures, Access Codes, symbols or perforations having certain
meaning or definition or understandable��to persons qualified to understand them.
5. “Electronic System” means a set of electronic devices and procedures that functions to prepare,
collect, process, analyze, store, display, announce, send, and/or disseminate Electronic Information.
6. “Provision of Electronic System” means an Electronic System usage by the state administrators,
Persons, Business Entities, and/or the public.
7. “Electronic System Network” means a closed or open connection of two Electronic Systems or more.
8. “Electronic Agent” means an automated electronic means that is used to initiate an action to certain
Electronic Information, which is operated by Persons.
This version is intended as a convenience for the readers and is a not a substitute for the official text. Source: Bappeda Indonesia
and www.cgap.org.