6 Electronic Transactions Act, No. 19 of 2006 Publication in electronic forms of Gazette &c., deemed to be publication. 9. Where any Act or enactment provides that any Proclamation, rule, regulation, order, by-law, notification, or other matter shall be published in the Gazette, then such requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if such rule, regulation, order, by-law, notification or other matter is published in an electronic form of the Gazette. No right to insist on records being in electronic form. 10. Nothing contained in the preceding sections shall confer a right upon any person to insist that any Ministry, Government Department, Institution, Statutory Body or Public Corporation or other similar body should accept or issue, any document in the form of electronic records or effect any monetary transaction in electronic form. CHAPTER III ELECTRONIC CONTRACTS Electronic Contracts. 11. In the context of contract formation, unless otherwise agreed by the parties, an offer and the acceptance of an offer may be expressed in electronic form. A contract shall not be denied legal validity or enforceability on the sole ground that it is in electronic form. Attribution of electronic records. 12. (1) Unless otherwise agreed as between an originator and the addressee, a data message, electronic document, electronic record or other communication shall be deemed to be that of the originator, if it was sent(a) by the originator himself ; (b) by a person who had the authority to act for and on behalf of the originator in respect of that data message, electronic document, electronic record or other communication ; or (c) by an automated information system programmed by, or on behalf of the originator.