Revision history of electronic signature law
It was adopted by the 11th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 10th NPC on August 28th, 2004 and formally implemented on April 6th, 2005.
According to the 14th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th NPC on April 24th, 20 15, it was revised for the first time.
The second revision was made according to the Decision on Amending Eight Laws of the 10th Session of the 13th NPC Standing Committee on April 23rd, 20th19th.
People's Republic of China (PRC) electronic signature method
Article 1 This Law is formulated in order to standardize electronic signatures, establish the legal effect of electronic signatures and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties concerned.
Article 2 The term "electronic signature" as mentioned in this Law refers to the data contained in a data message to identify the identity of the signer and show that the signer approves its contents.
Article 3 In civil activities, the parties may agree on the use or non-use of electronic signatures and data messages in contracts or other documents and documents.
A document in the form of electronic signature or data message agreed by the parties shall not be denied its legal effect just because it is in the form of electronic signature or data message.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the following documents:
(a) involving marriage, adoption, inheritance and other personal relationships;
(two) involving the cessation of water supply, heating, gas supply and other public utilities services;
(3) Other circumstances in which electronic documents are not applicable as stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.
The term "data message" as mentioned in this Law refers to information generated, sent, received or stored by electronic, optical, magnetic or similar means.
legal ground
People's Republic of China (PRC) electronic signature method
Article 1 This Law is formulated in order to standardize electronic signatures, establish the legal effect of electronic signatures and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the parties concerned.
Article 2 The term "electronic signature" as mentioned in this Law refers to the data contained in a data message to identify the identity of the signer and show that the signer approves its contents.
Article 3 In civil activities, the parties may agree on the use or non-use of electronic signatures and data messages in contracts or other documents and documents.
The parties agree to use electronic signature or data message only because it appears in the form of electronic signature or data message.