30/07/2019 Republic Act No. 8792 | Official Gazette of the Republic of the Philippines SECTION 8(8). Legal Recognition of Electronic Signatures. — An electronic signature on the electronic document shall be equivalent to the signature of a person on a written document if the signature is an electronic signature and proved by showing that a prescribed procedure, not alterable by the parties interested in the electronic document, existed under which — a.) A method is used to identify the party sought to be bound and to indicate said party’s access to the electronic document necessary for his consent or approval through the electronic signature; b.) Said method is reliable and appropriate for the purpose for which the electronic document was generated or communicated, in the light of all circumstances, including any relevant agreement; c.) It is necessary for the party sought to be bound, in order to proceed further with the transaction, to have executed or provided the electronic signature; and d.) The other party is authorized and enabled to verify the electronic signature and to make the decision to proceed with the transaction authenticated by the same. SECTION 9(9). Presumption Relating to Electronic Signatures. — In any proceedings involving an electronic signature, it shall be presumed that, a.) The electronic signature is the signature of the person to whom it correlates; and b.) The electronic signature was a xed by that person with the intention of signing or approving the electronic document unless the person relying on the electronically signed electronic document knows or has notice of defects in or unreliability of the signature or reliance on the electronic signature is not reasonable under the circumstances. SECTION 10(10). Original Documents. — (1) Where the law requires information to be presented or retained in its original form, that requirement is met by an electronic data message or electronic document if: (a) the integrity of the information from the time when it was rst generated in its nal form, as an electronic data message or electronic document is shown by evidence aliunde or otherwise; and (b) where it is required that information be presented, that the information is capable of being displayed to the person to whom it is to be presented. (2) Paragraph (1) applies whether the requirement therein is in the form of an obligation or whether the law simply provides consequences for the information not being presented or retained in its original form. (3) For the purposes of subparagraph (a) of paragraph (1): https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/2000/06/14/republic-act-no-8792-s-2000/ 5/20