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The Electronic Transactions Act, 2021, Act No. 25 of 2021, sets the current rules. It was assented to on 5 October 2021 and gazetted on 9 October 2021. Section 56 repeals the Electronic Transactions Act, Cap. 229:03. Section 7 says an electronic communication is not denied legal effect, validity, admissibility, or enforceability solely because it is in electronic form, or is only referred to in that communication. Section 8 says a writing requirement is met if the information is in electronic form and is accessible to, and capable of retention by, the intended recipient for later reference. Section 3 defines an electronic signature as data in electronic form attached to or logically associated with other electronic data and used by the signatory to sign. It defines a signature as a method used to identify a person and to indicate that person's intention in respect of the information in a record. Section 22 says that where a rule of law requires a signature, that requirement is satisfied for an electronic record if a method is used to identify the person and to indicate that person's intention in respect of the information. Section 16 says an offer and an acceptance may be given by electronic communications, and a contract is not denied validity solely because an electronic communication was used. The standard inSigner signature is an electronic signature. Whether section 22 is met still depends on the document and the law that governs it. inSigner does not decide that question.

Section 22 asks for a method that identifies the person and indicates that person's intention in respect of the information in the electronic record. Section 23 says the parties may agree to a particular method or form of electronic signature or security procedure, unless another law says otherwise. Section 5 says a transaction conducted by electronic means is not denied legal effect solely because of the type or method of electronic signature the parties chose. A digital signature is a different signature. Section 3 says a digital signature is a signature that fulfills section 26. Section 26 treats a signature as a digital signature when a specified security procedure, or a commercially reasonable security procedure agreed by the parties, can verify that the electronic signature was unique to the person, capable of identifying that person, created under that person's sole control, and linked to the record so that a later change would invalidate the signature. Section 27 gives presumptions, unless contrary evidence is adduced, only in proceedings involving a digital signature. The standard inSigner signature is not a digital signature under section 26. QES for Europe is an Enterprise option and is not a Belize digital signature. Section 15 says an electronic record or electronic signature is not denied admissibility solely because it is electronic.

Each person signs the fields you placed on the document you sent. The evidence record keeps their name and email or phone, when the document was sent, viewed, and signed, the IP address, the device data, and the authentication used.

Yes. You can download the completed PDF and the evidence record, including a SHA-256 hash of the final file. If a single byte changes, the hash no longer matches. The hash shows whether the final file still matches. It is not a digital signature under section 26, and it is not encryption. Section 11 is about original form when information must be presented or retained as an original. The hash does not by itself decide that section.

No. Essential and Pro use a simple electronic signature. Section 26 of the 2021 Act treats a signature as a digital signature only when a specified security procedure, or a commercially reasonable security procedure agreed by the parties, can verify uniqueness, identification, sole control, and a link that would invalidate the signature if the record changed. inSigner does not act as a specified security procedure provider under section 41, and the standard signature is not a digital signature under section 26. QES for Europe is an Enterprise option, priced separately, and it is not a Belize digital signature. It is not on Essential or Pro.

No. Section 53(2) says electronic documents with dispositions of real estate shall be signed using a digital signature. Section 53(1) says the Act does not apply to any written law requiring writing, signatures, or original documents that the Minister may determine by Order. inSigner does not act as a notary, does not witness a signature, and does not file a document in a land registry. Your counsel decides the form a document needs.

Not by itself. Section 5 says the parties may set reasonable requirements for how electronic signatures are accepted, and that a transaction is not denied effect solely because of the method they chose. Accepting the electronic process in inSigner records consent to sign that document. It does not, by itself, decide whether the method in section 22 identifies the person and indicates intention, and it does not turn the signature into a digital signature under section 26. inSigner does not decide those points for you.

No. For the documents you send, you decide the purpose. inSigner does not write your privacy notice and does not make a workflow compliant with Belize privacy or data protection law. Nubesti handles the account, billing, security, support, and marketing. Do not use the product by default for patient forms, clinical consent, account opening, credit decisions, or KYC. Identity checks are add-ons priced separately. There is no public status page and no uptime percentage. The mobile apps are planned, not a public download.