Section 5

"designated Enactment" means a written law or part of it which is designated by the relevant Minister under section 6;

"Information Technology Instructions" means the instructions issued under section 9;

"electronic" means the technology of utilizing electrical, optical, magnetic, electromagnetic, biometric, photonic or other similar technology;

"Minister" means the Minister charged with the responsibility for information technology and electronic government system;

"relevant Minister" means the Minister charged with the responsibility for the administration of the designated Enactment;

"electronic message" means an information generated, sent, received or stored by an electronic means;

"originator" means a person by whom or on whose behalf, the electronic message is generated or sent;

"addressee" means a person who is intended by the originator to receive the electronic message;

"information processing system" means an electronic system for generating, sending, receiving, storing or processing the electronic message;

"electronic signature" means any letter, character, number, sound or any other symbol or any combination thereof created in an electronic form adopted by a person as a signature;

"Government" means the State Government of Sabah.

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