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FEDERAL COURT OF MALAYSIA
WH WHY PKI Y PKI I IN E E-CO COUR URT? T?
The Digital Signature Act 1997 (enforced on the 1st October 1998)
provides a framework for the licensing and regulation of Certification Authorities, and the recognition of digital signatures. aims at promoting the processing
transactions especially commercial transactions, electronically through the use of digital signatures. Sec.62 of The Digital Signature Act 1997
- 62. (1) Where a rule of law requires a signature or provides for certain consequences
in the absence of a signature, that rule shall be satisfied by a digital signature where— (a) that digital signature is verified by reference to the public key listed in a valid certificate issued by a licensed certification authority;…. (2) Notwithstanding any written law to the contrary— (a) a document signed with a digital signature in accordance with this Act shall be as legally binding as a document signed with a handwritten signature, an affixed thumbprint or any other mark; and (b) a digital signature created in accordance with this Act shall be deemed to be a legally binding signature.