Section 84: Authentication of electronic record (as created by Section 3 of the Evidence Act (Amendment) Act, 2023).

1 Subject to the provisions of this section any person may authenticate an electronic record by affixing his digital signature on it.

2 A person may authenticate any electronic record by such digital signature or electronic authentication technique which -
a is considered reliable; or
b may be specified by this Act.

3 For the purpose of this subsection (2), any digital signature or electronic authentication technique will be considered reliable if -
a the signature creation data or the authentication data are, within the context in which they are used, linked to the signatory or, as the case may be, the authenticator and of no other person;
b any alteration to the digital signature made after affixing such signature is detectable;
c any alteration to the information made after its authentication by the digital signature is detectable; and
d it fulfils such other conditions which may be prescribed.