Law No. 20 of 2014 Concerning Electronic Transactions 30 Chapter Three was concerned with the electronic document or record. It regulated the legal recognition of electronic documents or records in Articles 8 and 9. Article 8 allowed concluding a contract between electronic systems while Article 9 specifies the conditions of the electronic document effective at law. The last paragraph granted the government the right to add requirements for keeping electronic documents. Article (10) did not require the availability of the conditions set forth in the preceding article in the information attached to the electronic document or record the purpose of which is to facilitate its sending and receiving. Article (11) specifies the conditions of considering the document as an evidence and the cases where the same is not considered as an evidence against the creator. The last paragraph that considered each electronic message as an independent correspondence was added. Article (12) regulated the notices of electronic document. Article (13) stipulates that in order for the document to be binding on the addressee, he shall be able to print, store and keep the same. Article (14) stipulates that document may be kept as an evidence or for documentation. Article (15) addresses the time of entering the document to the electronic data processing system. Article (16) stated that the document shall be sent from the place of the creator’s headquarter. Article (17) stated that the time stamp affixed by the electronic services provider shall prove the date, and time of the creation of the electronic document or record. Chapter Four deals with the electronic signature. Article (18) specifies the legal effect of the electronic signature, and that it is equally effective in evidence to the written signature. Article (19) identified the conditions of a protected electronic signature. Article (20) stipulates the need to provide an electronic authentication certificate indicating the validity of the signature on the party of the signing party. Article (21) stipulates the obligations of the signing party to take reasonable care, initiate informing the competent authority if he has any evidence on attacks on his electronic signature, and pay careful attention in using the electronic authentication certificate. Article (22) stipulates that the competent authority is responsible for regulating carrying out electronic authentication services.

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