Electronic Transactions Act, 2006

Provided that said term shall not denote an intermediary.

(d) "Computer" means an electronic, optical or other high-speed data processing mechanism or system performing logical, arithmetic and memory functions by manipulating electromagnetic or optical impulses, and said term also denotes all input, output, processing, storage functions and computer software or communication facilities connected or associated with a computer within a computer system or computer network.

(e) "Computer Data Base" means a representation of information, knowledge, concepts or instructions, formally prepared or being prepared, or produced by a computer, computer system or computer network, in letters, images, sound or audio-visual form, intended for use in a computer, computer system or computer network.

(f) "Computer Network" means the interconnection of two or more computers that are inter-linked or in communication with each other.

(g) "Computer System" means any device or group of devices, including input and output support devices, containing computer programs, electronic instructions, input and output data, and performing functions including logical, arithmetic, data storage and retrieval, communication and control.

(h) "Computer Resource" means a computer, computer system, computer network, data, computer data base or software.

(i) "Subscriber" means a person who has obtained a certificate pursuant to Sub-section (3) of Section 31.

(j) "Key Pair" means a pair of keys in an asymmetric crypto system, consisting of a private key and a mathematically related public key, which has the property that the public key can verify the digital signature created by the private key.

(k) "Data" means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions in any form, formally prepared and stored or processed intended for processing in a computer system or computer network, or stored in computer memory.

(l) "Tribunal" means the Information Technology Tribunal constituted pursuant to Section 60.

(m) "Private Key" means one key of a key pair used to create a digital signature.

(n) "Controller" means the Controller appointed or designated pursuant to Section 13.

(o) "Digital Signature" means a signature in any electronic form included in the transformation of an electronic record using an asymmetric crypto system of such a nature that a person having the untransformed original electronic record and the signatory's public key can accurately determine the following:

(1) Whether the transformation of the electronic record was created using a private key that corresponds to the signatory's public key, and
(2) Whether the original electronic record has been altered since the transformation of the electronic record was made.

(p) "Access" means the opportunity to gain entry to, instruct or communicate with the logical, arithmetic or memory functions of a computer, computer system or computer network.

(q) "Appeal Tribunal" means the Information Technology Appeal Tribunal constituted pursuant to Section 66.

(r) "Certificate" means a digital signature certificate issued by a Certification Authority pursuant to Section 30.

(s) "Certification Practice Statement" means any statement issued by a Certification Authority specifying the practices that the Certification Authority will follow when issuing digital signature certificates.

(t) "Certification Authority" means a licensed Certification Authority obtaining a license pursuant to Sub-section (3) of Section 18 to issue digital signature certificates.

(u) "Recipient" means a person who receives electronic records transmitted as per the desire of the originator.