Electronic Transactions Act, 2008 Act  772 “website” means a location on the Internet containing a home page or web page; and “World Wide Web” means an information browsing framework that allows a user to locate and access information stored on a remote computer and to follow references from one computer to related information on another computer. MEMORANDUM This Bill forms part of the e-legislation package for statutory authority for the 2005 National Telecom Policy to provide a legal framework for electronic transactions amongst others. The Bill provides for and facilitates electronic communications and related transactions in the public interest and applies to all electronic transactions and electronic records. It is the object of Government to facilitate the use of electronic media to speed up government and private business in recognition of the need to provide a framework for the preparation, processing, storage, transmission and receipt of electronic data in a secured, efficient, trustworthy manner. Furthermore, Government desires to prevent the use of electronic media for illegal or unlawful acts. The Bill is divided into twelve groups of clauses. These deal with electronic transactions, electronic government services, the certifying agency and consumer protection. Other groups of clauses relate to the Appeal forum, Industry forum, the duties of service providers and cyber offences. The first group of clauses, clause 1 – 4 sets the framework for the Bill by providing the object of the legislation, application and scope of the Bill. The second group of clauses, clause 5 - 24 deals with electronic transactions and provides for the recognition and admissibility of electronic records and electronic signatures, the recognition of electronic certificates, electronic notarisation, acknowledgement and certification services, and automated transactions, clause 5 – 17. Electronic documents will satisfy the requirement of writing imposed by any law and will not be denied admissibility in evidence if they are accessible and capable of being retained for subsequent reference. Where the law requires multiple copies of a document to be submitted to a single 65