13.4.3 (Use of electronic record and digital signatures in Government and its agencies )

Where any law provides for the following:

            (a) the filing of any form, application or any other document with any office, authority, body or agency owned or controlled by the appropriate Government in a particular manner;

            (b) the issue or grant of any licence, permit, sanction or approval by whatever name called in a particular manner;

            (c) the receipt or payment of money in a particular manner.

Then, such requirement shall be deemed to have been satisfied if such filing, issue, grant, receipt or payment as the case may be, is effected by means of such electronic form as maybe prescribed by the appropriate Government.

Accordingly the appropriate Government may, by rules, prescribe (a) the manner and format in which such electronic records shall be filed, created or issued; (b) the manner or method of payment of any fee or charges for filing, creation or issue any electronic record.