(a) If a person's signature is required by legislation on a document, this requirement may be fulfilled in respect of a document that is an electronic delivery, by means of one of the following:
(1) Certified electronic signature;
(2) Another electronic signature, provided that the purposes of the signature requirement in accordance with that legislation are fulfilled, with a sufficient level of certainty in the circumstances of the case.
(b) Notwithstanding what is stated in subsection (a) -
(1) A statutory requirement to sign a document of the type listed in column A of Part A of the First Addendum may be fulfilled only by means of an electronic signature of the type specified in column B next to it;
(2) With respect to the types of documents listed in Part B of the First Addendum, it is not possible to fulfill the signature requirement under legislation by means of an electronic signature.
(c) The Minister, with the approval of the Science and Technology Committee of the Knesset, may, by order, amend the first addendum.
- In the current version of the Electronic Signature Law, there is no explicit reference to the Banknotes Ordinance, and the same section 6 of the law in its original form, which referred to computerized output, was
A perusal of the addendums to the Electronic Signature Law, which refers to individual legislations, reveals that the Banknotes Ordinance is not absent from them. A determination that it is not possible to fulfill the signature requirement under legislation by means of an electronic signature was made only in relation to a handwritten will in accordance with section 19 of the Inheritance Law, 5725-1965 (hereinafter: the Inheritance Law). In addition, an explicit requirement for an approved electronic signature only (which is a more "stronger" signature - for the IRA) was anchored only in relation to wills under section 20 (will in witnesses) or section 22 of the Inheritance Law, and a memorandum of understanding under section 23 of the Inheritance Law (on the rationale for this exception, see the explanatory notes to the proposed amendment No. 3 to the Electronic Signature Law).