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REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

BILL FOR THE

COMPANIES (E-COMMERCE AMENDMENT) ACT NO.    OF 2000

Arrangement of sections

1.                  Amendment of section 378

2.                  Commencement

REPUBLIC OF VANUATU

BILL FOR THE

COMPANIES (E–COMMERCE AMENDMENT) ACT NO.    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

1.                  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. 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.