Law No. 20 of 2014 Concerning Electronic Transactions
Chapter Two
General Provisions
Article (2)
The provisions of this law shall govern the electronic records, messages,
transactions, documents and signatures related to the civil, commercial and
administrative transactions. They shall also govern any dispute arising out of
the use of the same unless the parties agree otherwise or if it is found that
another law is applicable.
However, the provisions of this law shall not apply to the following:
A. Transactions and issues related to personal status, endowment, and wills;
B. Real estate title deeds and the resulting original or consequential real
rights;
C. Promissory notes and negotiable bills of exchange; and
D. Any event that the law requires to be expressed in a written document or
to be documented or the making of which is subject to a specific provision
in another law.
Article (3)
Each of the electronic record, document, message, transaction and signature,
in the field of civil, commercial and administrative transactions, shall have the
same legal effects of written records, documents, and signatures in terms of
its binding effect upon the parties thereto or its force as proof or evidence
whenever carried out pursuant to the provisions of this law.
Article (4)
No person is obliged to accept dealing through electronic means without his
consent. The consent of the person shall be concluded through his positive
behavior that the case circumstances shall leave no doubt in indicating.
The approval of government bodies to electronic dealing should be explicit
regarding the electronic data to which they are a party.
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Article (5)
The approval, acceptance and all matters related to contracting, including
any amendment, or recantation in approval or acceptance, may be expressed
wholly or partially via electronic transactions. The expression shall not lose its