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Official Journal – Issue No. 17 (Supplement-D) - Dated 22 April 2004
Law No. 15 Of The Year 2004
Regulating Electronic Signature
(E-Signature)
And Establishing The Information Technology
(IT) Industry Development Authority
In the Name of the People,
The President of the Republic,
The People’s Assembly passed the following bill and we hereby
promulgate it into Law:
Article : 1
In applying the provisions of the present Law, the following terms
shall denote the meanings indicated next to each of them:
a)
Electronic Writing (E-writing):
All letters, numbers, characters or any other signs that are fixed on
an electronic, digital, or light support or any other similar method,
which provide a perceptible connotation.
b)
Electronic Document (E-document):
A data message comprising information originated, merged, stored,
sent or received, wholly or partially, by an electronic, digital, or
light method, or any other similar means.
c)
Electronic Signature (E-signature):
What is put on an e-document and takes the shape of letters,
numbers, characters, signs or others, besides having a unique
nature that allows identifying the signing person, and distinguishes
him from others.
d)
Electronic Medium (E-medium):
Instrument(s) or systems of originating the e-signature.