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Laws of Malaysia
ACT 562
approval, unless the subscriber expressly and in writing grants the
private key to the licensed certification authority and expressly
and in writing permits the licensed certification authority to hold
the private key according to other terms.
CHAPTER 5
Suspension of certificate
Suspension of certificate by issuing licensed certification authority
46. (1) Unless the licensed certification authority and the subscriber
agree otherwise, the licensed certification authority which issued
a certificate, which is not a transactional certificate, shall suspend
the certificate for a period not exceeding forty-eight hours—
(a) upon request by a person identifying himself as the
subscriber named in the certificate, or as a person in a
position likely to know of a compromise of the security
of a subscriber’s private key, such as an agent, business
associate, employee or member of the immediate family
of the subscriber; or
(b) by order of the Commission under section 33.
(2) The licensed certification authority shall take reasonable
measures to check the identity or agency of the person requesting
suspension.
Suspension of certificate by Commission or court
47. (1) Unless the certificate provides otherwise or the certificate
is a transactional certificate, the Commission or a court may suspend
a certificate issued by a licensed certification authority for a period
of forty-eight hours, if—
(a) a person identifying himself as the subscriber named in
the certificate or as an agent, business associate, employee
or member of the immediate family of the subscriber
requests suspension; and
(b) the requester represents that the licensed certification
authority which issued the certificate is unavailable.