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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.
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