Information Technology Act, 2000
89. Power of Controller to make regulations. –
(1) The Controller may, after consultation
with the Cyber Regulations Advisory Committee and with the previous approval of
the Central Government, by notification in the Official Gazette, make
regulations consistent with this Act and the rules made thereunder to carry out
the purposes of this Act.
(2) In particular, and without prejudice to
the generality of the foregoing power, such regulations may provide for all or
any of the following matters, namely:-
(a) the particulars
relating to maintenance of data-base containing the disclosure record of every
Certifying Authority under clause (m) of section 18;
(b) the conditions and
restrictions subject to which the Controller may recognize any foreign Certifying
Authority under sub-section (1) of section 19;
(c) the terms and
conditions subject to which a license may be granted under clause © of
sub-section (3) of section 21;
(d) other standards to
be observed by a Certifying Authority under clause (d) of section 30;
(e) the manner in
which the Certifying shall disclose the matters specified in sub-section (1) of
section 34;
(f) the particulars of
statement which shall accompany an application under sub-section (3) of section
35.
(g) the manner by
which the subscriber communicate the compromise of private key to the
Certifying Authority under sub-section (2) of section 42.
(3) Every regulations made under this Act
shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of
Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may
be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if,
before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the
successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in
the regulation or both Houses agree that the regulation should not be made, the
regulation shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect,
as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall
be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that
regulation.