ACT 562
DIGITAL SIGNATURE ACT 1997
PART V - EFFECT OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE
Section 64. Digitally signed message deemed to be written document.
(1) A message shall be as valid, enforceable and effective as if it had been written on paper if-
(
a)
it bears in its entirety a digital signature; and
(
b)
that digital signature is verified by the public key listed in a certificate which-
(i) was issued by a licensed certification authority; and
(ii) was valid at the time the digital signature was created.
(2) Nothing in this Act shall preclude any message, document or record from being considered written or in writing under any other applicable law.