Electronic Transactions Act, 2011 Uganda incorporate established by an Act of Parliament relating to undertakings of public services or such purpose for the benefit of the public or any section of the public to administer funds or property belonging to or granted by the Government or money raised by public subscription, rates, taxes, cess or charges in pursuance of any written law and any council, board, committee or society established by an Act of Parliament for the benefit, regulation and control of any profession; “service provider” means— (i) any public or private entity that provides to the users of its service the ability to communicate by means of a computer system, and (ii) any other entity that processes or stores computer data on behalf of such communication service or users of such service; “third party”, in relation to a service provider, means a subscriber to a service provided by the service provider or any other user of the service provider’s services or a user of information systems. (2) 3. 4. This Act shall be construed consistently with what is commercially reasonable under the circumstances as to achieve business sense. Application (1) This Act does not apply to the list of documents specified in Schedule 2. (2) Nothing in this Act shall limit the operation of a law which expressly authorises, prohibits or regulates the use of electronic documents. Object of the Act (1) The object of this Act is to provide a legal and regulatory framework to— (a) enable and facilitate electronic communication and transactions; (b) remove and eliminate the legal and operational barriers to electronic transactions; (c) promote technology neutrality in applying legislation to electronic communications and transactions; (d) provide legal certainty and public confidence in the use of electronic communications and transactions; (e) promote e-Government services through electronic communications and transactions with the Government, public and statutory bodies; (f) ensure that electronic transactions in Uganda conform to the best practices by international standards; (g) encourage investment and innovation in information communications and technology to promote electronic transactions; (h) develops a safe, secure and effective environment for the consumer, business and the Government to conduct and use electronic transactions; (i) promote the development of electronic transactions that are responsive to the needs of users and consumers; and (j) foster economic and social prosperity. By Laws.Africa and contributors. Licensed under CC-BY. Share widely and freely. 3