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Which section of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, states the rebuttable presumptions concerning…

Section 86 presumes, unless disproved, that a secure electronic record was unaltered since the time to which its secure status relates. It also presumes that the subscriber…

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Which section of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023, states the rebuttable presumptions concerning secure electronic records and secure electronic signatures?

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Section 86 presumes, unless disproved, that a secure electronic record was unaltered since the time to which its secure status relates. It also presumes that the subscriber affixed a secure electronic signature with the intention of signing or approving the record.

Section 86 does not create a corresponding authenticity and integrity presumption for ordinary electronic records or ordinary electronic signatures.

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Option A

Section 86 covers both the integrity of a secure electronic record and the intention of the subscriber affixing a secure signature.

Option B

Section 87 concerns the information in Electronic Signature Certificates.

Option C

Section 90 concerns the transmission of electronic messages.

Option D

Section 85 concerns formation of electronic agreements by affixing the parties' signatures.

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