P. 31/48 LEGISLATIVE DECREE LEGISLATIVE DECREE TRANSACTIONS NO.28 of 2002 WITH RESPECT TO ELECTRONIC We, Hamad bin Isa bin Salman Al-Khalifa, King of the Kingdom of Bahrain, having examining the constitution, and The Code of Criminal Procedure of 1966, as amended, and Civil and Commercial Procedures Act promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 12 of 1971, as amended, and Law Governing the Judiciary promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 13 of 1971, as amended, and Notarisation Law promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 14 of 1971, and Bahrain Monetary Agency Law promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 23 of 1973, as amended per the Legislative Decree No. 14 of 1981, and The Penal Code promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 15 of 1976, as amended, and The Law of Commerce promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 7 of 1987, as amended, and The Law of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Matters promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 14 of 1996, and The Civil Code promulgated by Legislative Decree No. 19 of 2001, Commercial Companies Law Legislative Decree No. 21 of 2001, and, Upon the submission of the Economic Development Board’s Chief Executive, With the approval of the Council of Ministers, Hereby decree the following Law: Article 1 Definitions For the application of the provisions of this Law, the following words and expressions shall have the meanings assigned against each, unless the context otherwise requires: Electronic: means technology of using electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic, optical, biometric or photon means or any other similar technological devices. 1

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