Electronic Transactions Act · s 33

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s 33Revocation without subscriber’s consent

(1)

A certification authority shall revoke a certificate, regardless of whether the subscriber listed in the certificate consents, if the certification authority confirms that —

(a)

a material fact represented in the certificate is false;

(b)

a requirement for issuance of the certificate was not satisfied;

(c)

the certification authority’s private key or trustworthy system was compromised in a manner materially affecting the certificate’s reliability;

(d)

an individual subscriber is dead; or

(e)

a subscriber has been dissolved, wound-up or otherwise ceased to exist.

(2)

Upon effecting such a revocation, other than under subsections

(1)

(a)

or (e), the certification authority shall immediately notify the subscriber named in the revoked certificate.