Digital Signature Act 1997

Digital signature act 1997 act 562 acts.

Digital signature act 1997. Digital signature act 1997 enforced on october 1998 secures electronic communications especially on the internet digital signature is an identity verification standard using encryption techniques to protect against e mail forgery the encrypted code consists of the user s name and a hash of all the parts of the message. Digital signature act 1997 from wikipedia the free encyclopedia the digital signature act 1997 malay. B 397 1998 be it enacted by the seri paduka baginda yang di pertuan agong with the advice and consent of the dewan negara and. Home library legislation digital signature act 1997 act 562 part ii.

Digital signature act 1997 act 562 table of contents. An act to make provision for and to regulate the use of digital signatures and to provide for matters connected. The digital signature act 1997 dsa 1997 which came into force on 1st october 1998 with the purpose of regulating the use of digital signature in malaysia ensures the security of legal issues related to electronic transactions and verifies the use of digital signatures through certificates issued by licensed certification authority ca. Electronic signatures on contracts have been legally recognised in malaysia since 1997 starting with the enactment of the digital signature act 1997 dsa followed later by the electronic commerce act 2006 eca.

Digital signature 9 laws of malaysia act 562 digital signature act 1997 an act to make provision for and to regulate the use of digital signatures and to provide for matters connected therewith. Akta tandatangan digital 1997 is a malaysian laws which enacted to make provision for and to regulate the use of digital signatures and to provide for matters connected therewith. Digital signature act 1997 act 562 incorporating latest amendment a1121 2001. 1 october 1998 p u.

The digital signature act 1997 established 20 years ago must be revisited and improvised to be relevant in current times said deputy communications and multimedia minister datuk jailani johari. An act to provide for the security and use of electronic transactions to implement the united nations convention on the use of electronic communications in international contracts adopted by the general assembly of the united nations on 23rd november 2005 and to provide for matters connected therewith.