154
No. 4 of 2021]
Issue of
certificate to
subscriber
Electronic Communications and Transactions
36. A certification authority may issue a certificate to a
subscriber where—
(a) the certification authority has received an application from
the subscriber;
(b) the certification authority has complied with its certification
practice statement, including procedures regarding
identification of the subscriber;
(c) the prospective subscriber is the person to be listed in the
certificate to be issued;
(d) in the case of a subscriber acting through an agent, the
certification authority has verified that the subscriber has
authorised the agent to have custody of the subscriber’s
private key and to request issuance of a certificate listing
the corresponding public key;
(e) the information in the certificate to be issued is accurate;
(f) the subscriber rightfully holds the private key corresponding
to the public key to be listed in the certificate;
(g) the subscriber holds a private key capable of creating a
digital signature; and
(h) the public key to be listed in the certificate can be used to
verify a digital signature affixed by the private key held
by that subscriber.
Details of
certificate
37. A certificate shall set out—
(a) the number of the certificate;
(b) the name of the certificate holder;
(c) the personal identification code or registry code of the
certificate holder;
(d) the public key of the certificate holder;
(e) the period of validity of the certificate;
(f) the issuer and registry code of the issuer; and
(g) a description of the limitations on the scope of use of the
certificate.
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