Malaysia legislation

Section 16

of ELECTRONIC SARAWAK GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES ORDINANCE, 2022

Section 16

Where any law requires any document to be in a prescribed form, the requirement of the law is fulfilled by a document in the form of an electronic communication if the electronic communication is—

(a)

formatted in the same or substantially the same way as the prescribed form;

(b)

accessible so as to be usable for subsequent reference;

and

(c)

capable of being retained by the other person.

Requirement to issue licence, permit, approval, authorization, etc.

Section 16 — ELECTRONIC SARAWAK GOVERNMENT ACTIVITIES ORDINANCE, 2022