The COVID-19 pandemic impacts all aspects of our daily life. Government authorities around the world  impose various measures to reduce the physical contacts among people, including travel ban and movement restriction (i.e. stay-at-home order). Nevertheless, transactions can still be performed by electronic means, including electronic communication/transmission and execution by e-signature at this point of time. To be in trend with the digital age, Myanmar also allows electronic signature documents to be exhibited as evidence in Myanmar Courts as well as recognizes the legal validity of electronic signature inserted onto commercial documents.

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