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Electronic Transactions (No. 19 of 2006) - Sect 24

Regulations

24.
(1) The Minister may, in consultation with the Minister in Charge of the subject of Information and Communication Technology, make regulations in respect of any matter required or authorized by this Act to be made, or for the purpose of carrying out or giving effect to the objectives of this Act, as specified in subsection (2).
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Minister may make regulations for and in respect of all or any of the following matters :-
(a) specifying the electronic infrastructure and guidelines that are-
(i) sufficiently secure to meet the needs of Ministries, Government Departments, bodies or agencies owned and controlled by the Government, and Statutory bodies ;
(ii) interoperable to the maximum extent possible ;
(b) the conditions of service of the members of the Certification Authority in relation to the implementation of the provisions of this Act ;
(c) the powers, duties and functions of a person, body of persons, statutory body or institution being appointed as a Certification Authority in terms of section 18 and the other terms and conditions applicable to them ;
(d) criteria for accreditation of certification service providers under section 20, its cryptography services, electronic signature or advance electronic signature and security procedures or any other legal consequences connected therewith ;
(e) the procedure for appeals against refusal to grant or renew an accreditation certificate ;
(f) the qualifications required of persons seeking to provide certifications services ;
(g) the procedure for the recognition of Certification Service Providers, the issue of licences to such Certification Service Providers and the categories of services required to be provided by them ;
(h) the records to be maintained by the Certification Service Providers and the manner in which information has to be furnished to the Certification Authority by such Certification Service Provider ; and
(i) the matters referred to in section 15.
(3) Every regulation made by the Minister shall be published in the Gazette and shall as soon as convenient after its publication in the Gazette be brought before Parliament for approval.
(4) Every regulation, which is not so approved, shall be deemed to be rescinded as from the date of such disapproval, but without prejudice to anything previously done thereunder.
(5) The date on which such regulations shall be deemed to be so rescinded shall be published in the Gazette.

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