Regulation 36. Duty of instruction. (DIGITAL SIGNATURE REGULATIONS 1998

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P.U.(A) 359/98
DIGITAL SIGNATURE REGULATIONS 1998

PART VI - REGULATION OF CERTIFICATION PRACTICE

Regulation 36. Duty of instruction.

(1) A licensed certification authority shall instruct an applicant for a certificate concerning -

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) the measures necessary to contribute to secure digital signatures and their reliable verification;

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) which technical components fulfill the requirements of regulation 81; and

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) the attribution of digital signatures created with the subscriber's private key.

(2) A licensed certification authority shall inform the applicant that data with digital signatures may need to be re-signed before the security value of an available digital signature decreases with time.

(3) If data are re-signed under subregulation (2), the new digital signature shall include the earlier digital signature or signatures and shall bear a time-stamp.