Act 7
Electronic Signatures Act
2011
32. Return of licence.
(1) Where the revocation of a licence under section 27 has taken
effect or where the licence has expired and no application for its
renewal has been submitted within the period specified or where an
application for renewal has been refused under section 35, the
licensed certification service provider shall within fourteen days
return the licence to the Controller.
(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) commits an
offence and is liable, on conviction, to a fine not exceeding seventy
two eight currency points or to imprisonment not exceeding three
years or to both and in the case of a continuing offence shall in
addition be liable to a daily fine not exceeding five currency points
for each day the offence continues and the court shall retain the
licence and forward it to the Controller.
33. Restricted licence.
(1) The Controller may classify licences according to specified
limitations including—
(a) maximum number of outstanding certificates;
(b) cumulative maximum of recommended reliance limits in
certificates issued by the licensed certification service
provider; and
(c) issuance only within a single firm or organisation.
(2) The Controller may issue licences restricted according to the
limits of each classification.
(3) A licensed certification service provider that issues a
certificate exceeding the restrictions of its licence commits an
offence.
(4) Where a licensed certification service provider issues a
certificate exceeding the restrictions of its licence, the liability limits
specified in Part IV shall not apply to the licensed certification
service provider in relation to that certificate.
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