A review on Electronic Government Activities Act (EGAA) 2007 / Marvianna Zainol, Ibrahim Idham Rajab and Muhammad Izzad Syafiq Ismail

This research is carried out in order to propose the amendment in EGAA 2007. In doing so, it will proof that there are the needs to amend certain provisions in this Act. The said provisions are Section 23, Section 2, Section 21 and Section 27 of the Act. The method used in this research is the qualitative methodology. References are made to books, journals and reliable internet materials. Interview was also conducted with an academician, Dr. Sonny Zulhuda to get his view regarding the review on EGAA 2007 from the legal perspective. The goal of this research is to critically analyse the adequacy and comprehensiveness of the provisions in the EGAA and to suggest amendment to certain provisions in the Act. The benefit of making amendment to certain provisions in the EGAA 2007 will be proven by comparing EGAA 2007 with the Electronic Transaction Act 2010 in Singapore, China Electronic Transactions Ordinance and the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act 1999 in United States in order to establish the legal benchmark of the study.