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SECURE
ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SECURE DIGITAL SIGNATURES
14.
Secure electronic record.
Where
any security procedure has been applied to an electronic
record at a specific point of time. then such record shall be
deemed to be a secure electronic record from such point of
time to the time of verification.
15.
Secure digital signature.
If,
by application of a security procedure agreed to by the
parties concerned, it can be verified that a digital
signature, at the time it was affixed, was :-
(a)
unique to the subscriber affixing it;
(b)
capable of identifying such subscriber;
(c)
created in a manner or using a means under the exclusive
control of the subscriber and is linked to the electronic
record to which it relates in such a manner that if the
electronic record was altered the digital signature would be
invalidated, then such digital signature shall be deemed to be
a secure digital signature.
16.
Security procedure.
The
Central Government shall for the purposes of this Act
prescribe the security procedure having regard to commercial
circumstances prevailing at the time when the procedure was
used, including
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