Electronic Transactions Act, 2011 Uganda Uganda Electronic Transactions Act, 2011 Act 8 of 2011 Published in Uganda Gazette 19 on 18 March 2011 Assented to on 17 February 2011 Commenced on 15 April 2011 by Electronic Transactions Act, 2011 (Commencement) Instrument, 2011 [This is the version of this document from 18 March 2011.] An Act to provide for the use, security, facilitation and regulation of electronic communications and transactions; to encourage the use of e-Government services and to provide for related matters. BE IT ENACTED by Parliament as follows: Part I – Preliminary 1. Commencement This Act shall come into force on a date appointed by the Minister by statutory instrument and different dates may be appointed for the commencement of different provisions. 2. Interpretation (1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— “addressee”, in respect of a data message, means a person who is intended by the person originating the data message to receive the data message, but not a person acting as an intermediary in respect of the data message; “advanced electronic signature” means an electronic signature, which is— (a) uniquely linked to the signatory; (b) reliably capable of identifying the signatory; (c) created using secure signature creation device that the signatory can maintain under his sole control; and (d) linked to the data to which it relates in such a manner that any subsequent change of the data or the connections between the data and signature are detectable. “automated transaction” means an electronic transaction conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by means of a data message in which the conduct or data messages of one or both parties is not reviewed by a natural person in the ordinary course of the natural person’s business or employment; “computer” means electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other data processing device or a group of such interconnected or related devices, performing logical, arithmetic or storage functions; and includes any data storage facility or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with such a device or a group of such interconnected or related devices; “consumer” means a person who enters or intends to enter into an electronic transaction with a supplier as the end user of the goods or services offered by that supplier; “currency point” has the value assigned to it in Schedule 1; By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 1