Chapter VI
DUTIES OF SUBSCRIBERS
41. Application of security procedure.–The subscriber shall apply required security procedure to ensure the purity of Digital Signature Certificate issued by a Certifying Authority.
42. Acceptance of Digital Signature Certificate.–(1) A subscriber shall be deemed to have accepted a Digital Signature Certificate if he publishes or authorizes the publication of a Digital Signature Certificate to one or more persons or in a repository.
(2) By accepting Digital Signature Certificate the subscriber certifies to all who reasonably rely on the information contained in the Digital Signature Certificate that–
(a) all representations made by the subscriber to the Certifying Authority and all materials relevant to the information contained in the Digital Certificate are true; and
(b) all information in the Digital Signature Certificate that is within the knowledge of the subscriber is true.
43. Presumption of represented information of obtaining Digital Signature Certificate.–
All material representations made by the subscriber to a Certifying Authority for purposes of obtaining a certificate, including all information known to the subscriber and represented in the Digital Signature Certificate, shall be accurate and complete to the best of the subscriber’s knowledge and belief, regardless of whether such representations are confirmed by the Certifying Authority.
44. Control of safety measure of subscriber.–(1) Every subscriber shall exercise reasonable care to retain control of using of Digital Signature Certificate and take all steps to prevent its disclosure to a person not authorized to affix the digital signature of the subscriber.
(2) If the security of Digital Signature Certificate has been compromised by disobeying the rules in sub-section (1) of this section, the subscriber shall communicate the same without any delay to the Certifying Authority who has issued the Digital Signature Certificate in an agreed manner.