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(c) afford the registered user a reasonable opportunity to respond and make
representations as to why the registration should not be cancelled or suspended.
68F
Digital signatures
(1) Every digital signature intended for use in connection with a computer system
established in terms of section 68C shall comply with the following requirements, namely, it
must—
(a) be unique to the registered user and under the sole control of the registered user;
and
(b) be capable of verification; and
(c) be linked or attached to electronically transmitted data in such a manner that, if
the integrity of the data transmitted is compromised, the digital signature is
invalidated; and
(d) be in complete conformity with the requirements prescribed by the
Commissioner and contained in the user agreement.
(2) The Commissioner shall, on registering a user, allocate to the registered user—
(a) if the user is a natural person, a digital signature or sufficient digital signatures
for the user and each employee of the user nominated in the user agreement; or
(b) if the user is not a natural person, sufficient digital signatures for each employee
of the user nominated in the user agreement.
68G Production and retention of documents
Where any provision of this Act prescribes or requires that documents, records,
information or the like should be retained for a specific period, that requirement shall be
deemed to have been satisfied by a registered user if such documents, records, information or
the like are so retained in electronic form that—
(a) the information contained therein remains accessible so as to be subsequently
usable; and
(b) the electronic record is retained in the format in which it was originally
generated, sent or received or in a format which can be demonstrated to represent
accurately the information originally generated, sent or received; and
(c) the details which will facilitate the identity of the origin, destination, date and
time of dispatch or receipt of such electronic record are available in the
electronic record.
68H Sending and receipt of electronic communications
(1) An electronic communication through a computer system established in terms of
section 68C or the record of such communication shall be attributed to the originator—
(a) if it was sent by the originator; or
(b) if it was sent by a person who had the authority to act on behalf of the originator
in respect of that communication or record; or
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