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Section 32

Suspension or revocation of certificate for faulty issuance

of Digital Signature Act 1997

ActIn forceProvision 28 of 88
Section 32
(1)

Where after issuing a certificate a licensed certification authority confirms that it was not issued in accordance with sections 29 and 30, the licensed certification authority shall immediately revoke it.

(2)

A licensed certification authority may suspend a certificate which it has issued for a reasonable period not exceeding forty-eight hours as may be necessary for an investigation to be carried out to confirm the grounds for a revocation under subsection (1).

(3)

The licensed certification authority shall immediately notify the subscriber of a revocation or suspension under this section.