Section 252.7 — Canada Business Corporations Act: Signatures

A requirement under this Act or the regulations for a signature or for a document to be executed, except with respect to a statutory declaration or an affidavit, is satisfied if, in relation to an electronic document, the prescribed requirements pertaining to this section, if any, are met and if the signature results from the application by a person of a technology or a process that permits the following to be proven: the signature resulting from the use by a person of the technology or process is unique to the person; the technology or process is used by a person to incorporate, attach or associate the person’s signature to the electronic document; and the technology or process can be used to identify the person using the technology or process.