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Section 53

of Digital Signature Act 1997

ActIn forceProvision 49 of 88

Section 53

(1)

A licensed certification authority shall revoke a certificate which it issued but which is not a transactional certificate,—

(a)

upon receiving a request for revocation by the subscriber named in the certificate; and

(b)

upon confirming that the person requesting revocation is that subscriber or is an agent of that subscriber with authority to request the revocation.

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(2)

A licensed certification authority shall confirm a request for revocation and revoke a certificate within one business day after receiving both a subscriber’s written request and evidence reasonably sufficient to confirm the identity of the person requesting the revocation or of the agent.