Amman, Dec 22 (Petra) -- Lawmakers on Monday voted overwhelmingly to pass a seven-article draft amendment to the Electronic Transactions Law (ETL) of 2025 in a session chaired by by Lower House Speaker Mazen Qadi in the attendance of Prime Minister Jafar Hassan and members of the government team.

The MPs agreed that the law comes into force 30 days after its publication in the Official Gazette.

Minister of Justice Bassam Talhouni said the draft law was first enacted as a temporary law in 2001, but it took force in 2015, and had since undergone amendments to keep pace with electronic developments and the requirements for enforcing legal procedures.

The aim of the amendments is to ensure that various entities and institutions can handle electronic transactions securely and efficiently, he said.

The current amendment, he pointed out, focuses on Article 3 of the law, which is divided into two sections: the first covers all electronic transactions and applies the provisions of the law to them, while the second excludes certain transactions to ensure relevant authorities are ready to enforce the law practically and effectively.

The exceptions were stipulated in the law from the outset to ensure that the infrastructure and technical procedures were ready to conduct such transactions, while leaving it to each ministry or institution to determine its own readiness to enforce the law.

He said some legal transactions, such as endowments, wills, and agencies, are now dealt with according to the Sharia Law procedures, which means that the texts related to them have not been canceled, but have become suspended, because the law has made it possible to carry out these transactions electronically.

He stressed that the use of electronic means has become possible to complete these procedures, in line with technological advancement and ensuring speed and transparency of transactions.

//Petra//SS