been recognized by the Minister under subsection
(1), commits an offence and is liable on conviction
to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dalasis, or to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three or, to
both the fine and imprisonment.
Trustworthy
system
217. Every certification authority shall utilize a
trustworthy system in performing its services.
Disclosure
218. (1) A certification authority shall disclose
(a) its certificate that contains the public key
corresponding to the private key used by
that certification authority to digitally sign
another certificate, referred to in this
section as a “certification authority
certificate”;
(b) any certification practice statement;
(c) notice of the revocation or suspension of its
certification authority certificate; and
(d) any other fact that materially and adversely
affects the reliability of a certificate that the
authority has issued or the authority's ability
to carry out its obligations.
(2) If an event that materially and adversely affects
a certification authority's trustworthy system or its
certification authority certificate occurs, the
certification authority shall
(a) notify any person who is known to be, or is
likely, to be affected by that event; or
(b) act in
accordance
with procedures
governing an occurrence of the event
specified in its certification practice
statement.
Issuing of
certificate
219. (1) A certification authority may only issue a
certificate to a prospective subscriber where it has
(a) received a request to that effect from the
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