Information Technology Act, 2000
36. Representations upon issuance Digital
Signature Certificate. –
A Certifying Authority while issuing a Digital
Signature Certificate shall certify that- it has complied with the provisions
of this Act and the rules and regulations made thereunder;
it has published the Digital Signature
Certificate or otherwise made it available to such person relying on it and the
subscriber has accepted it;
the subscriber holds the private key
corresponding to the public key, listed in the Digital Signature Certificate;
the subscriber’s public key and private key
constitute a functioning key pair;
the information contained in the Digital
Signature Certificate is accurate; and
it has no knowledge of any6 material fact,
which if it had been included in the Digital Signature Certificate would
adversely affect the reliability of the representations in clauses (a) to (d).