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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: 11

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