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(3) Where any additional document or information required
under subsection (2) is not provided by the applicant within the
time specified in the requirement or any extension thereof granted
by the Commission, the application shall be deemed to be withdrawn
and shall not be further proceeded with, without prejudice to a
fresh application being made by the applicant.
Grant or refusal of licence
8. (1) The Commission shall, on an application having been duly
made in accordance with section 7 and after being provided with
all such documents and information as it may require, consider the
application, and where it is satisfied that the applicant is a qualified
certification authority and a suitable licensee, and upon payment
of the prescribed fee, grant the licence with or without conditions,
or refuse to grant a licence.
(2) Every licence granted under subsection (1) shall set out the
duration of the licence and the licence number.
(3) The terms and conditions imposed under the licence may at
any time be varied or amended by the Commission provided that
the licensee is given a reasonable opportunity of being heard.
(4) Where the Commission refuses to grant a licence, it shall
immediately notify the applicant in writing of its refusal.
Revocation of licence
9. (1) The Commission may revoke a licence granted under section
8 if it is satisfied that—
(a) the licensed certification authority has failed to comply
with any obligation imposed upon it by or under this Act;
(b) the licensed certification authority has contravened any
condition imposed under the licence, any provision of
this Act or any other written law, regardless that there has
been no prosecution for an offence in respect of such
contravention;
(c) the licensed certification authority has, either in connection
with the application for the licence or at any time after
the grant of the licence, provided the Commission with
false, misleading or inaccurate information or a document