30/07/2019 Republic Act No. 8792 | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines (6) The addressee is entitled to regard each electronic data message or electronic document received as a separate electronic data message or electronic document and to act on that assumption, except to the extent that it duplicates another electronic data message or electronic document and the addressee knew or should have known, had it exercised reasonable care or used any agreed procedure, that the electronic data message or electronic document was a duplicate. SECTION 19(19). Error on Electronic Data Message or Electronic Document. — The addressee is entitled to regard the electronic data message or electronic document received as that which the originator intended to send, and to act on that assumption, unless the addressee knew or should have known, had the addressee exercised reasonable care or used the appropriate procedure — (a) That the transmission resulted in any error therein or in the electronic data message or electronic document when the electronic data message or electronic document enters the designated information system, or (b) That electronic data message or electronic document is sent to an information system which is not so designated by the addressee for the purpose. SECTION 20. Agreement on Acknowledgment of Receipt of Electronic Data Messages or Electronic Documents. — The following rules shall apply where, on or before sending an electronic data message or electronic document, the originator and the addressee have agreed, or in that electronic document or electronic data message, the originator has requested, that receipt of the electronic document or electronic data message be acknowledged: a.) Where the originator has not agreed with the addressee that the acknowledgment be given in a particular form or by a particular method, an acknowledgment may be given by or through any communication by the addressee, automated or otherwise, or any conduct of the addressee, su cient to indicate to the originator that the electronic data message or electronic document has been received. b.) Where the originator has stated that the effect or signi cance of the electronic data message or electronic document is conditional on receipt of the acknowledgment thereof, the electronic data message or electronic document is treated as though it has never been sent, until the acknowledgment is received. c.) Where the originator has not stated that the effect or signi cance of the electronic data message or electronic document is conditional on receipt of the acknowledgment, and the acknowledgment has not been received by the originator within the time speci ed or agreed or, if no time has been speci ed or agreed, within a reasonable time, the originator may give notice to the addressee stating that no acknowledgment has been received and specifying a reasonable https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2000/06/14/republic-act-no-8792-s-2000/ 10/20