Display of Licence
31.
Every Certifying Authority shall display its licence at a conspicuous place of the premises in which it
carries on its business.
Surrender of Licence
32.
Every Certifying Authority whose licence is suspended or revoked shall, immediately after such
suspension or revocation, surrender the licence to the Controller.
Disclosure
33.(1)
Every Certifying Authority shall disclose in the manner specified by regulations(a)
its Digital Signature Certificate which contains the public key corresponding to the
private key used by that Certifying Authority to digitally sign another Digital Signature
Certificate;
(b)
any certification practice statement relevant thereto;
(c)
notice of the revocation or suspension of its Certifying Authority certificate, if any;
and
(d)
any other fact that materially and adversely affects either the reliability of a Digital
Signature Certificate which that Certifying Authority has issued, or the Certifying
Authority's ability to perform its services.
(2)
Where in the opinion of the Certifying Authority any event has occurred of any situation has arisen which
may materially and adversely affect the integrity of its computer system or the conditions subject to which a
Digital Signature Certificate was granted, then the Certifying Authority shall —
(a)
use reasonable efforts to notify any person who is likely to be affected by that
occurrence; or
(b)
act in accordance with the procedure specified in the certification practice statement to
deal with such event or situation.
Part VII - Digital Signature Certificates
34.(1) Any person may make an application to any Certifying Authority for the issue of a Digital Signature
Certificate.
(2)
Every such application shall be accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed.
(3)
Every such application shall be accompanied by a certification practice statement or, where there is no
such statement a statement containing such particulars as may be prescribed.
(4)
On receipt of an application under subsection (1), the Certifying Authority may, after consideration of
the certification practice statement or the other statement under subsection (3) and alter making such enquiries as
it may deem fit, grant the Digital Signature Certificate or for reasons to be recorded in writing, reject the
application:
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