Electronic Communications and Transactions
[No. 4 of 2021 159
(a) the subscriber rightfully holds the private key corresponding
to the public key listed in the certificate;
(b) a representation made by the subscriber to the certification
authority to the information listed in the certificate is
true; and
(c) information in the certificate that is within the knowledge
of the subscriber is true.
56. (1) A subscriber identified in the certificate who accepts
a certificate issued by a certification authority, shall exercise
reasonable care in retaining control of the private key corresponding
to the public key listed in that certificate and prevent its disclosure
to a person not authorised to create that subscriber’s digital signature.
Control of
private key
(2) A subscriber shall continue to perform the duty under
subsection (1) during the operational period of the certificate and
during any period of suspension of the certificate.
57. A subscriber who has accepted a certificate from a
certification authority shall, where the private key corresponding
to the public key listed in the certificate has been compromised,
request the issuing certification authority as soon as possible to
suspend or revoke the certificate.
Suspension
or revocation
of
compromised
certificate
PART VII
TIME STAMPING SERVICE PROVIDERS
58. (1) A person who intends to provide a timestamping
service shall ensure that the timestamp is linked to data in a manner
that precludes the possibility of changing the data undetectably after
obtaining the time-stamp.
Timestamping
service
(2) A timestamping service provider shall confirm the timestamps issued by that provider when required.
(3) A timestamping service provider shall ensure that it is
impossible for that timestamping service provider’s systems to issue
identical time stamps for a time earlier or later than the relevant
point in time to which the time-stamping service is applied.
59. The following entities may provide a time stamping service:
(a) public company;
(b) private limited company; or
(c) State body.
Timestamping
service
provider
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