IT Act38
IT Act Section 38: Revocation of Digital Signature Certificate
Ch VII · Electronic Signature Certificates
Gazette p.17
Verbatim · IT Act38. Revocation of Digital Signature Certificate. –(1) ACertifying Authority may revoke a Digital Signature Certificate issued by it– (a) where the subscriber or any other person authorised by him makes a request to that effect; or (b) upon the death of the subscriber; or (c) upon the dissolution of the firm or winding up of the company where the subscriber is a firm or a company.(2) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) and without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), a Certifying Authority may revoke a Digital Signature Certificate which has been issued by it at any time, if it is of opinion that– (a) a material fact represented in the Digital Signature Certificate is false or has been concealed; (b) a requirement for issuance of the Digital Signature Certificate was not satisfied; (c) the Certifying Authority's private key or security system was compromised in a manner materially affecting the Digital Signature Certificate's reliability; (d) the subscriber has been declared insolvent or dead or where a subscriber is a firm or a company, which has been dissolved, wound-up or otherwise ceased to exist.(3) ADigital Signature Certificate shall not be revoked unless the subscriber has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.(4) On revocation of a Digital Signature Certificate under this section, the Certifying Authority shall communicate the same to the subscriber.
Cite as: Section 38, Information Technology Act, 2000 (Act No. 21 of 2000)