Duty LXD-0033
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Electronic Commerce and Information Act, electronic contracts and electronic agentssince 4 lines
C.C.S.M. c. E55, ss. 19-20 · Read the law's page
- Treat an offer, an acceptance or any other matter material to forming or operating a contract as capable of being expressed by an electronic document, or by an act such as touching or clicking on a computer screen or speaking that is intended to communicate it electronically, unless the parties agree otherwise (s. 19(1)).
- Do not assume a contract lacks legal effect or enforceability merely because an electronic document was used in its formation (s. 19(2)).
- Treat a contract formed by the interaction of an electronic agent and an individual, or by the interaction of electronic agents, as capable of binding the parties (s. 20(2)).
- If your electronic agent deals with individuals, give them an opportunity to prevent or correct a material error in an electronic document; if you do not, the contract has no legal effect where the individual promptly notifies you of the error, returns or destroys any consideration received as you instruct or in a reasonable manner, and does not benefit materially from it (s. 20(3)).