Section 18
Contents of electronic message
of Electronic Commerce Act 2006
ActIn forceProvision 18 of 25
Section 18
Where an addressee receives an electronic message, the addressee is entitled to regard the electronic message as being what the originator intended to send, and to act on that presumption, unless the addressee knew or should have known, had he exercised reasonable care or used any agreed procedure, that the transmission resulted in any error in the electronic message as received.