Property_Manu - Final - The New India Assurance Co. Ltd.

The New India Assurance Co.Ltd.7A. Audit of documents, etc. maintained in electronic form. – Where in any law for thetime being in force, there is a provision for audit of documents, records or information,that provision shall also be applicable for audit of documents, records or informationprocessed and maintained n the electronic form.9. Sections 6,7 and 8 not to confer right to insist document should be accepted inelectronic form. – Nothing contained in sections 6,7 and 8 shall confer a right upon anyperson to insist that any Ministry or Department of the Central Government or the StateGovernment or any authority or body established by or under any law or controlled orfunded by the Central or State Government should accept, issue, create, retain andpreserve any document in the form of electronic records or effect any monetary transactionin the electronic form.10A. Validity of contracts formed through electronic means. – Where in a contractformation, the communication of proposals, the acceptance of proposals, the revocationof proposals and acceptances, as the case may be, are expressed in electronic form orby means of an electronic record, such contract shall not be deemed to be unenforceablesolely on the ground that such electronic form or means was used for that purpose.11. Attribution of electronic records. – An electronic record shall be attributed to theoriginator –(a)(b)(c)if it was sent by the originator himself;by a person who had the authority to act on behalf of the originator in respect ofthat electronic record; orby an information system programmed by or on behalf of the originator to operateautomatically.12. Acknowledgement of receipt. –(1) Where the originator has not stipulated that the acknowledgement of receipt of electronicrecord be given in a particular form or by a particular method, an acknowledgement maybe given by-(a)any communication by the addressee, automated or otherwise; or(b) any conduct of the addressee, sufficient to indicate to the originator that theelectronic record has been received.(2) Where the originator has stipulated that the electronic record shall be binding only onreceipt of an acknowledgement of such electronic record by him, then, unlessacknowledgement has been so received, the electronic record shall be deemed to havebeen never sent by the originator.90 MANUAL ON PROPERTY