LAWS OF BRUNEI
2008 Ed.
Electronic Transactions
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(m) prescribing fees to be paid in respect of any matter or thing
required for the purposes of this Act and the regulations.
(3) Regulations made under this section may provide that a
contravention of a specified provisions shall be an offence and may provide
for penalties for a fine not exceeding $50,000, imprisonment for a term not
exceeding one year or both.
Recognition of foreign certification authorities.
43.
The Minister may, by order published in the Gazette, recognise
certification authorities outside Brunei Darussalam that satisfy the prescribed
requirements for any of the following purposes —
(a) the recommended reliance limit, if any, specified in a
certificate issued by the certification authority;
(b) the presumption referred to in sections 20(b)(ii) and 21.
Recommended reliance limit.
44.
(1) A licensed certification authority shall, in issuing a certificate to
a subscriber, specify a recommended reliance limit in the certificate.
(2) The licensed certification authority may specify different limits
in different certificates as it considers fit.
Liability limits for licensed certification authorities.
45.
Unless a licensed certification authority waives the application of this
section, a licensed certification authority —
(a) shall not be liable for any loss caused by reliance on a false
or forged digital signature of a subscriber if, with respect to the false
or forged digital signature, the licensed certification authority
complied with the requirements of this Act;
(b) shall not be liable in excess of the amount specified in the
certificate as its recommended reliance limit for either —
(i) a loss caused by reliance on a misrepresentation in the
certificate of any fact that the licensed certification
authority is required to confirm; or
B.L.R.O. 4/2008