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Companies (E-Commerce Amendment) Act 2000

Assent: 12 September 2000
Commencement: 6 November 2000

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

COMPANIES (E-COMMERCE AMENDMENT) ACT

NO. 27 OF 2000

Arrangement of sections

1 Amendment of section 378
2 Commencement

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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

COMPANIES (E-COMMERCE AMENDMENT) ACT

NO. 27 OF 2000

An Act to amend the Companies Act [CAP 191]

BE IT ENACTED by the President and the Parliament as follows:

Amendment of section 378

Section 378 of the Companies Act [CAP 191] is amended by inserting after subsection (1) the following subsection:

"(1A) Nothing in subsection (1) is to be construed so as to prohibit an exempted company from:

(a) offering goods or services electronically from a place of business in Vanuatu or through an internet or other electronic service provider located in Vanuatu; or

(b) making it known by way of advertisement or by any statement on a web site or by an electronic record as defined in the Electronic Transactions Act No. 24 of 2000 that it may be contacted at a particular address in Vanuatu or uses a Vanuatu domain address.".

Commencement

2. This Act commences on the day on which it is published in the Gazette.

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