Suspension of
certificate
221. A certification authority shall, unless it has
otherwise agreed with the subscriber, immediately
suspend a certificate which it has issued to the
subscriber on a request by
(a) the subscriber referred to in the certificate; or
(b) a person duly authorized to act on behalf of
the subscriber
Revocation of
certificate on
subscribers
request
222. A certification authority shall revoke a
certificate upon receiving a request to the effect by
the subscriber referred to in the certificate after
confirming that the person making the request is
the subscriber, or is an agent of the subscriber with
authority to make the request.
Revocation
without
subscriber's
consent
223. (1) A certification authority shall, without the
consent of the subscriber, revoke a certificate
where
(a) a material fact represented in the certificate
is false;
(b) a requirement for the issue of the certificate
was not satisfied;
(c) the certification authority's private key or
trustworthy system is compromised in a
manner materially affecting the certificate's
reliability;
(d) an individual subscriber is dead; or
(e) a subscriber is dissolved, wound-up or
otherwise ceases to exist.
(2) The certification authority shall immediately
notify the subscriber referred to in the revoked
certificate of any revocation under subsection
(1)(a), (b) or (c).
Notice of
suspension
224. A certification authority shall, on the
suspension of a certificate, forthwith publish a
notice of the suspension in the repository specified
in the certificate for that purpose.
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