Electronic Transaction Rules 2064 ( 2007)

Section 32. Issuing of a digital signature Certificate: (1) The Certifying Authority shall, if it deems reasonable to grant a certificate, after conducting an inquiry into the application filed pursuant to Rule 31, issue a certificate in a format as referred to in the Schedule-6 by fulfilling the following procedures:-

(a) A new certificate is required to be created;

(b) A key pair is required to be included in the certificate;

(c) The public key is required to be made available.

(2) An opportunity to verify that whether or not the details referred to in the certificate is correct, shall be given to the applicant prior to the issuance of a certificate pursuant to Sub-rule (1) and if the applicant confirms the content to be correct after the verification by him/her, a certificate shall be issued to such an applicant upon receiving One Hundred Rupees as fees for the certificate from the applicant.

(3) The certificate issued under Sub-rule (1) shall include a notice of one or more deposition where digital signature is recorded and the listing thereof shall be made where such a certificate is revoked or suspended.

(4) The certificate issued under Sub-rule (1) shall have to be published in the recorded depository.

(5) After the issuance of the certificate, if the Certifying Authority obtains any information on the matter which may affect the validity or credibility of such a certificate, it shall provide immediately with the information thereof to the subscriber obtaining a certificate. (6) Period of validity of the certificate issued under Sub-rule (1) shall be as specified in that certificate.