Electronic Communications and Transactions Act, 2002 (Act No. 25 of 2002)Chapter I : Interpretation, Objects and Application4. Sphere of application |
| (1) | Subject to any contrary provision in this section, this Act applies in respect of any electronic transaction or data message. |
| (2) | This Act must not be construed as— |
| (a) | requiring any person to generate, communicate, produce, process, send, receive, record, retain, store or display any information, document or signature by or in electronic form; or |
| (b) | prohibiting a person from establishing requirements in respect of the manner in which that person will accept data messages. |
| (3) | The sections of this Act mentioned in Column B of Schedule 1 do not apply to the laws mentioned in Column A of that Schedule. |
| (4) | This Act must not be construed as giving validity to any transaction mentioned in Schedule 2. |
| (5) | This Act does not limit the operation of any law that expressly authorises, prohibits or regulates the use of data messages, including any requirement by or under a law for information to be posted or displayed in a specified manner, or for any information or document to be transmitted by a specified method. |