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Digital Signature Act 1997 s 62

Digital Signature Act 1997 s 62

s 62 Satisfaction of signature requirements

(1) Where a rule of law requires a signature or provides for certain consequences in the absence of a signature, that rule shall be satisfied by a digital signature where— (a) that digital signature is verified by reference to the public key listed in a valid certificate issued by a licensed certification authority; (b) that digital signature was affixed by the signer with the intention of signing the message; and (c) the recipient has no knowledge or notice that the signer— (i) has breached a duty as a subscriber; or (ii) does not rightfully hold the private key used to affix the digital signature. (2) Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary— (a) a document signed with a digital signature in accordance with this Act shall be as legally binding as a document signed with a handwritten signature, an affixed thumbprint or any other mark; and (b) a digital signature created in accordance with this Act shall be deemed to be a legally binding signature. (3) Nothing in this Act shall preclude any symbol from being valid as a signature under any other applicable law.

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Find Act 562 on lom.agc.gov.my ↗

Text as at 1 January 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.

Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).

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