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Electronic Signatures Act

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to verify the validity, suspension or revocation of the
certificate; and
(ii) to observe any limitation with respect to the
certificate.

8. Trustworthiness.
When determining whether or to what extent any systems procedures
and human resources utilised by a certification service provider are
trustworthy, regard may be had to the following factors—

(a) financial and human resources, including existence of
assets;
(b) quality of hardware and software systems;

(c) procedure for processing of certificates and applications for
certificates and retention of records;

(d) availability of information to signatories identified in
certificates and to potential relying parties;
(e) regularity and extent of audit by an independent body;
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the existence of a declaration by the state, an accreditation
body or the certification service provider regarding
compliance with or existence of the foregoing; or

(g) any other relevant factor.

Conduct of the certification service provider.
(1) Where a certification service provider provides services to
support an electronic signature that may be used for legal effect as a
signature, that certification service provider shall—
(a) act in accordance with representations made by it with
respect to its policies and practices;

(b) exercise reasonable care to ensure the accuracy and
completeness of all material representations made by it that
are relevant to the certificate throughout its life-cycle or
which are included in the certificate;
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