No.8 DEEDS REGISTRIES AMENDMENT whichever it was addressed, and such office shall be the place of receipt; or (b) iftheelectroniccommunication is sent by the Deeds Registry or the Registrar to a registered user, at the place of receipt that is stipulated in the user agreement. (6) Whenever any registered user is authorised to submit and sign electronically any deed, return, record,declaration,form, notice,statement or the like, which is required to be submitted and signed in terms of this Act, such signature electronically affixed to such electronic communication and communicated to the Deeds Registry or the Registrar, shall, for the purposes of this Act, have effect as if it was affixed thereto in manuscript, and acceptance thereof shall not be denied if it is in conformity with the user agreement concluded between the Registrar and the registered user. (7) The Registrar may, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this section, permit any registered usertosubmitelectronically any deed, return, record, declaration, form, notice, statement or the like, which is required to be submitted in terms of this Act, by using the Internet, and subject to such exceptions, adaptations or additional requirements as the Registrar may stipulate or prescribe, this section shall apply to the submission of the foregoing documents using the Internet. 97 Obligations, indemnities and presumptions with respect to digital signatures and passwords ( 1) If the security of a digital signature or password allocated to a registered user has been compromised in any manner the registered user shall inform the Registrar in writing of that fact without delay. (2) No liability shall attach to the Registrar, the Deeds Registry or any officer or employee thereof for any failure on the part of a registered user to ensure the security of the digital signature allocated to him or her and,in particular, whereelectronicdataauthenticated by a digital signature or password is received by the Deeds Registry or the Registrar(a) without the authority of the registered user to whom such signature was allocated; and (b) before notification to the Deeds Registry or the Registrar by the registered user that the security of the digital signature allocated to him or her has been compromised; the Deeds Registry or the Registrar shall be entitled to assume that such data has been communicated by, or with the authority of, the registered user of that digital signature. (3) Wherein any proceedings or prosecution underthisActorin any dispute to which the Deeds Registry or the Registrar is a party, the question arises whether a digital signature affixed to any electronic communication to the Deeds Registry or the Registrar was used in such communication with or without the consent and authority of the registered user, it shall be presumed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, that such signature was so used with the consent and authority of the registered user. 98 Alternatives to electronic communication in certain cases (I) Whenever the electronic registry or a computer system of a registered user is inoperative, the registered user and the Registrar shall 140 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw; website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. 2017