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(2) A licensed certification authority shall confirm a request for
revocation and revoke a certificate within one business day after
receiving both a subscriber’s written request and evidence reasonably
sufficient to confirm the identity of the person requesting the
revocation or of the agent.
Revocation on subscriber’s death or dissolution
54. (1) A licensed certification authority shall revoke a certificate
which it issued—
(a) upon receiving a certified copy of the subscriber’s death
certificate or upon confirming by other evidence that the
subscriber is dead; or
(b) upon presentation of documents effecting a dissolution
of the subscriber or upon confirming by other evidence
that the subscriber has been dissolved or has ceased to
exist.
Revocation of unreliable certificates
55. (1) A licensed certification authority may revoke one or more
certificates which it issued if the certificates are or become unreliable
regardless of whether the subscriber consents to the revocation and
notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in a contract between
the subscriber and the licensed certification authority.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prevent the subscriber from
seeking damages or other relief against the licensed certification
authority in the event of wrongful revocation.
Notice of revocation
56. (1) Immediately upon revocation of a certificate by a licensed
certification authority, the licensed certification authority shall
publish a signed notice of the revocation in the repository specified
in the certificate for publication of notice of revocation.
(2) Where one or more repositories are specified, the licensed
certification authority shall publish signed notices of the revocation
in all such repositories.