40. Generating key pair.
Where any Digital Signature Certificate, the public key of
which corresponds to the private key of that subscriber which is to be listed in
the Digital Signature Certificate has been accepted by a subscriber, then, the
subscriber shall generate the key pair by applying the security procedure.
41. Acceptance of Digital Signature Certificate.
(1) A subscriber shall be deemed to have accepted a Digital Signature
Certificate if he publishes or authorises the publication of a Digital Signature
Certificate-
(a) to one or more persons;
(b) in a repository, or otherwise demonstrates his approval of the
Digital Signature Certificate in any manner.
(2) By accepting a Digital Signature Certificate
the subscriber certifies to all who reasonably rely on the information contained
in the Digital Signature Certificate that-
(a) the subscriber holds the private key corresponding to the public
key listed in the Digital Signature Certificate and is entitled to hold the
same;
(b) all representations made by the subscriber to the
Certifying Authority and all material relevant to the information contained
in the Digital Signature Certificate are true;
(c) all information in the Digital Signature Certificate that is
within the knowledge of the subscriber is true.
42. Control of private key.
(1) Every subscriber shall exercise reasonable care to retain
control of the private key corresponding to the public key listed in his Digital
Signature Certificate and take all steps to prevent its disclosure to a person
not authorised to affix the digital signature of the subscriber.
(2) If the private key corresponding to the public key listed
in the Digital Signature Certificate has been compromised, then, the subscriber
shall communicate the same without any delay to the Certifying Authority in such
manner as may be specified by .the regulations.
Explanation.-
For the removal of doubts, it is hereby
declared that the subscriber shall be liable till he has informed the Certifying
Authority that the private key has been compromised.