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SUPPLEMENTNo.418thMarch,
2011.
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teNo.19VolumeCIVdated18t
hMar ch,2011.
Pr
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heGovernment.

Act
7 El
ect
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cSi
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uresAct2011THE
ELECTRONICSIGNATURESACT, 2011.
ARRANGEMENTOFSECTI ONS
PARTI
—PRELI
MINARY

Sect
i
on1
.. Commencement
2. I
nterpr
etat
ion
3. Equalt
reat
mentofsi
gnat
uret
echnol
ogi
es
PARTI I—ELECTRONICSIGNATURES
4. Compliancewi tharequirementfora
5. Conductoft hesignatory. signature.
6. Variati
onbyagr eement .
7. Conductoft herelyingparty
.
8. Trustwort
hiness.
9. Conductoft hecerti
ficati
onserv i
ce
10. Advancedsi gnatures. provi
der .
11. Secur
eel
ect
roni
csi
gnat
ure.
12. Presumpt i
onsrelatingt osecur eandadv ancedel ectr
onic
si
gnatures.PARTI II—SECUREDIGITALS I
GNATURES
13. Securedigit
alsignat ures.
14. Sati
sfacti
onofsi gnat urerequi r
ement s.
15. Unreli
abledigi
talsignat ures.
16. Digi
tall
ysigneddocumentt akent obewr i
ttendocument .
17. Digi
tall
ysigneddocumentdeemedt obeor igi
naldocument.
18. Authenti
cationofdi gitalsignatures.
19. Presumpt i
onsinadj udi cati
ngdi sputes.
PARTI V—PUBLI CKEYI NFRASTRUCTURE
20. Sphereofappl icati
on.
21. Designati
onofCont rol
ler.
22. cer
ti
ficationservicepr ovi
derstobe
23. Qualif
icationsofcer ti
ficat
i l
oni
ce
sn
es
r
ve
id
c.
e
24. Functi
onsofl icensedcer ti
ficat
iprovi
onserd
ve
ir
s.pr
ce ovi
der
s.
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Secti
on.
25. Appl i
cat ionf orlicence.
26. Grantorr efusal ofl icence.
27. Rev ocat ionofl i
cence.
28. Appeal .
29. Surrenderofl i
cence.
30. Effectofr evocat ion, sur renderorexpi ryofl i
cence.
31. Effectofl ackofl icence.
32. Retur nofl icence.
33. Rest ri
ct edl icence.
34. Rest r
icti
ononuseofexpr essi on“ certi
f i
cati
onser vi
ce
35. Renewal oflicence. provi
der”.
36. Lostl icence.
37. Recogni tionofot herl icenses.
38. Perfor manceaudi t.
39. Activitiesofcer ti
f icat i
onser v i
cepr ov iders.
40. Requi rementt odi spl ayl icence.
41. Requi rementt osubmi tinformat i
ononbusi nessoper ati
ons.
42. Not i
ficat ionofchangeofi nformat ion.
43. Useoft rust worthysy stems.
44. Disclosur esoni nqui r
y .
45. Prerequi sitest oi ssueofcer tif
icatet osubscr i
ber.
46. Publ i
cat ionofi ssuedandaccept edcer ti
ficate.
47. Adopt i
onofmor er igor ousr equi r
ement sper mitt
ed.
48. Suspensi onorr ev ocat ionofcer ti
ficat eforf acult
yi ssuance.
49. Suspensi onorr ev ocat ionofcer ti
ficat ebyor der.
50. War rant iest osubscr iber.
51. Cont inui ngobl igat ionst osubscr i
ber .
52. Repr esent ationsuponi ssuance.
53. Repr esent ationsuponpubl i
cat i
ons.
54. Impl i
edr epr esent at i
onsbysubscr iber .
55. Repr esent ationsbyagentofsubscr iber .
56. Disclai merori ndemni tyl imited.
57. Indemni ficat i
onofcer ti
fi
cat i
onser vicepr ov i
derby
58. su
C eb
r
ts
ic
fir
ci
b
a e
tirnofaccur
o acyofi nfor mat iongi ven
59. Dut yofsubscr ibert okeeppr ivatekeysecur e
60. Proper tyinpr i
vat ekey
61. Fiduci arydut yofacer ti
ficati
onser v i
cepr ov i
der
62. Suspensi onofcer t i
f i
cat ecer ti
ficationser v i
cepr ovider
63. Suspensi onofcer t i
f i
cat ebyCont r
ol l
er
64. Not i
ceofsuspensi on
65. Termi nat i
onofsuspensi oni niti
atedbyr equest
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ernatecont ractualprocedur es
66. Eff
ect of suspensi on of
67. cert
if
icateRev ocat i
onofr equest
68. Revocation on subscr iber ’
s
69. demiseRev ocationofunr eliable
70. cert
if
icatesNot iceofr evocat ion
71. Eff
ectofr evocat i
onr equestonsubscr i
ber
72. Eff
ectofnot i
fi
cat i
ononcer tifi
cationservi
cepr
ovi
der
73. Expi
rationofcer tif
icate
74. Reli
ancel imit
75. Li
abil
itylimitsforcer t
ifi
cationser vi
ceprovi
der
s
76. Recognitionofr epositori
es
77. Li
abil
ityofr epositori
es
78. Recognitionofdat e/timest ampser vices
79. PARTV—MI SCELLANEOUS
Prohi bit
ionagai nstdanger ousact i
vit
ies
8
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onofconf ident i
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Falsei nformat i
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1.
Author i
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2.
Sear chbywar rant
8
Sear chandsei zurewi thoutwar r
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3.
Accesst ocomput eriseddat a
8
Listoft hingssei zed
4.
Obst ructionofaut hor i
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Addi ti
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5.
Gener alpenalty
8
I
nst ructionandconductofpr osecut i
onJurisdict
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6.
totryof fencesPr osecut ionofof f
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8
Limi t
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7.
Regul ations
8
Compensat i
on
8.
PowerofMi nistert oamendFi r
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8
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9.
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THEELECTRONICSIGNATURESACT, 2011.
AnActtomakepr
ovi
si
onf
or
andtoregul
atetheuseofelect
roni
c
si
gnat
uresandt
opr ov
ideforotherr
elatedmatt
ers.
DATEOFASSENT:
17t
hFebruar
y,2011.
DateofCommencement:Seesect
ion1.
BEI
TENACTEDbyPar
li
amentasf
oll
ows:
PARTI
—PRELI
MINARY

1. Commencement
ThisActshal
lcomeint
ofor
ceonadat
eappoi
ntedbyt
heMi
nist
erby
st
atutor
yinst
rument
.
2. Int
erpret
ation
I
nthi
sAct,unlessthecont
extot
her
wiser
equi
res—
“
acceptacer
ti
fi
cat
e”means—
(
a) t
omanifestappr
ovalofacer t
if
icat
e,whi
l
eknowi
ngor
hav
ingnoti
ceofi
tscontent
s;or
(
b) t
oappl ytoacert
ifi
cati
onser vi
ceproviderforacerti
ficate,
withoutr evoki
ngt heapplicati
onbydel i
veringnoticeof
the rev ocati
on tot he licensed certi
fi
cation service
providerandobt aini
ngasi gned,wri
tt
enr eceiptfr
om t he
certi
ficationser
viceprovider,i
fthecer t
if
icationservice
providersubsequent l
yissuesacer ti
fi
catebasedont he
appli
cat ion;

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Act7 El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
adv
ancedel
ect
roni
csi
gnat
ure”meansanel
ect
roni
csi
gnat
ure,
whi
chi
s—

(
a) uni
quel
yli
nkedt
othesi
gnat
ory
;

(
b) r
eli
abl
ycapabl
eofi
dent
if
yingt
hesi
gnat
ory
;
(
c) cr
eatedusi
ngsecur
esignat
urecr
eat
iondev
icet
hatt
he
si
gnator
ycanmaint
ain;
and

(
d) l
inkedtot hedatatowhichitrel
atesi
nsuchamanner
that any subsequent change of t
he data or t
he
connecti
onsbet weenthedat aandthesignat
ureare
detect
able;

asy
mmet r
ic cr
yptosyst
em”means an algor
it
hm orser
ies of
al
gor
it
hms, whichprov
ideasecur
ekeypai
r;

aut
horisedofficer
”meanst heCont rol
lerorapoli
ceof f
icerora
publi
cof f
icerperfor
minganyf uncti
onsunderthisAct;and
i
ncludesanypubl i
coffi
cerauthori
sedbytheMinist
erorbythe
control
l
ertoper f
orm anyfuncti
onsunderthi
sAct ;

cer
ti
fi
cat
e”meansadat
amessageorotherrecor
dsconfir
ming
t
heli
nkbet
weenasi
gnat
oryandasi
gnat
urecreat
iondata;

cer
ti
ficati
onserv
icepr ov
iderdisclosurer
ecord”meansanon¬li
ne
and publi
cly accessiblerecordt hatconcerns a l
i
censed
certi
fi
cat
ionservicepr ovi
der,whichiskeptbytheContr
oll
er
undersubsecti
on21( 5);

cer
ti
ficat
ion practi
ce statement”means a decl
arat
ion oft he
practi
ces,whichacer ti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprovi
derempl oysin
i
ssuing cer t
if
icates general
ly or empl
oysi ni ssuing a
parti
cularcer
tif
icate;

cer
ti
ficati
on serv
ice prov
ider
”means a person thatissues
certi
fi
cat
es and may pr ovi
de ot
her ser
vices r
elat
ed to
el
ectroni
csignat
ures;

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Act7 El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
cer
ti
fy”meanst odeclar
ewi thref
erencetoacer t
if
icat
e,with
ample oppor
tuni
tytor ef
lectand wit
h a dut
yt o appr
ise
onesel
fofall
materi
alfact
s;
conf
ir
m” means t o ascer
tai
nthr
ough di
l
igent i
nqui
ry and
i
nvest
igat
ion;
Contr
oll
er”meansNat
ionalI
nfor
mat
ionTechnol
ogyAut
hor
it
y-
Uganda;
cor
respond”,wi
thr
efer
encet
okey
s,meanst
obel
ongt
othesame
keypair
;
cur
rencypoi
nt”hast
hemeani
ngassi
gnedt
oiti
ntheSchedul
ein
thi
sAct;
di
git
alsignatur
e”meansatransf
ormati
onofamessageusingan
asymmet ri
ccry
ptosy
stem such thataperson hav
ing t
he
i
nit
ialmessageandt hesigner’
spubli
ckeycanaccur at
ely
det
er mine—
(
a) whetherthe t
ransf
ormati
on was cr
eated usi
ng t
he
pri
vatekeyt
hatcorr
espondst
ot hesi
gner’
spubli
ckey;
and
(
b) whetherthe message has been al
ter
ed si
nce t
he
tr
ansfor
mati
onwasmade;
el
ectroni
csignature”meansdat ai nel ectr
onicf
or m af
fi
xedtoor
l
ogicall
yassociatedwithadat amessage, whichmaybeused
toidenti
fythesignatoryi
nr elationt othedatamessageand
i
ndicatethesignator
y’sapprov aloftheinfor
mat i
oncontained
i
nt hedat amessage;andi ncludesanadv anceelect
ronic
si
gnatureandt hesecuresignat ure;
el
ectroni
c signature product”means conf i
gured hardware or
softwareorrelevantcomponent sofit,whichareintendedto
beusedbyacer tif
icati
onservi
ceproviderfort
hepr ovisi
onof
electr
onicsignatureservicesorareintendedtobeusedf or
thecreati
onorv erifi
cati
onofelect
ronicsignat
ures;

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Act7 El
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roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
“
for
geadi
git
alsi
gnat
ure”means—

(
a) t
ocr
eateadigi
talsi
gnatur
ewithoutt
heaut
hor
isat
ionof
t
her
ight
ful
holderofthepri
vat
ekey;or
(
b) tocreat
eadi gi
talsignat
ur everi
fi
abl
ebyacer t
if
icate
l
ist
ingassubscr
iberaper sonwhoei t
herdoesnotexist
ordoesnotholdt hepriv
at ekeycorrespondi
ngtot he
publi
ckeyl
ist
edint hecer
tifi
cat
e;
“
hol
dapr
ivat
ekey
”meanst
obeabl
etout
il
iseapr
ivat
ekey
;
“
incorpor
atebyref
erence”meanstomakeonemessageapar tof
another message by ident
if
ying the message to be
i
ncorporat
ed and expressi
ng t he i
ntent
ion t
hat i
t be
i
ncorporat
ed;
“
issue a cer
ti
fi
cat
e”means the actofa certi
fi
cati
on ser
vice
provi
deri
ncreati
ngacert
if
icat
eandnoti
fyi
ngthesubscri
ber
l
istedi
nthecert
if
icat
eoft
hecontent
softhecert
if
icat
e;
“
keypai
r”meansapr i
vatekeyanditscorr
espondingpubl
ickeyin
anasymmet r
iccrypt
osystem,wher
ethepubl i
ckeycanveri
fy
adigi
tal
signatur
ethatthepri
vat
ekeycreates;
“
li
censed certi
fi
cation ser
vice pr
ov i
der
”means a cert
if
icat
ion
ser
viceprovidertowhom al icencehasbeeni
ssuedbyt he
Control
l
erandwhosel icenceisineff
ect
;
“
message”meansadi
git
alr
epr
esent
ati
onofi
nfor
mat
ion;
“
Mini
ster
”meanstheMinisterr
esponsi
blef
ori
nfor
mat
ionand
communi
cat
iont
echnology;
“
not
if
y”meanst ocommuni cat
eaf acttoanotherpersoni
na
mannerreasonabl
ylikel
yundert
hecir
cumstancestoimpar
t
knowl
edgeoft hei
nformati
ontotheot
herperson;
“
per
son”i
ncludesanycompanyorassoci
ati
onorbodyofper
sons
cor
porateoruni
ncor
porat
e;
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gnat
uresAct 2011
“
prescri
bed”means prescr
ibed by orundert
his Actorany
regul
ati
onsmadeunderthi
sAct;
“
pri
vatekey”meanst
hekeyofakeypai
rusedt
ocr
eat
eadi
git
al
si
gnat
ure;
“
publ
i
ckey ”meansthekeyofakeypairusedtoveri
fyadigi
tal
signat
ureandl
i
stedi
nthedi
git
alsi
gnat
urecer
ti
fi
cate;
“
publ
i
ckeyi nfrastr
uctur
e”meansa f rameworkforcreat
ing a
secur
emet hodf orexchangi
ngi
nformat
ionbasedonpublic
keycry
pt ography;
“
publ
i
sh”meanst orecordorfil
einareposit
ory;
“
qual
i
fied cer
ti
fi
cati
on servi
ce provi
der”means a cert
if
icat
ion
servi
ceprovi
derthatsat
isfi
estherequi
rement
sundersect
ion
23;
“
reci
pient
”meansapersonwhorecei
vesorhasadi
git
alsi
gnat
ure
andisi
naposi
ti
ont or
elyoni
t;
“
recogni
seddateort
imestampserv
ice”meansadat e/t
imest
amp
ser
vicer
ecogni
sedbytheCont
roll
erundersect
ion79;
“
recogni
sed reposi
tor
y”meansar eposi
tor
yrecogni
sed byt
he
Cont
rol
lerundersect
ion77;
“
recommended rel
i
ance l
imit
” means t
he monetar
y amount
r
ecommendedforr
eli
anceonacer
ti
fi
cat
eundersect
ion76;
“
rel
yi
ngpar t
y”meansaper sont
hatmayactont
hebasi
sofa
cer
ti
fi
cateoranel
ect
roni
csi
gnat
ure;
“
reposit
ory
”meansasystem f
orstor
ingandretr
iev
ingcer
ti
fi
cat
es
andotheri
nfor
mat
ionrel
evantt
odigi
tal
signatur
es;
“
rev
oke a cer
ti
fi
cate”meansto make a cert
if
icat
einef
fect
ive
per
manentl
yfr
om aspeci
fi
edt
imeforward;
“
ri
ght
ful
l
yhol
dapr
ivat
ekey
”meanst
obeabl
etout
il
iseapr
ivat
e
key—

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Act7 El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
a) whi
ch the hol
derorthe hol
der
’s agent
s have not
di
scl
osedtoanyper
soni
ncontr
avent
ionofthi
sact;
and

(
b) whi
chtheholderhasnotobtai
nedthr
ought
hef
t,decei
t,
eav
esdroppi
ngorotherunl
awfulmeans;

secur
it
ypr
ocedur
e”meansapr
ocedur
efort
hepur
poseof
—

(
a) ver
if
yingt
hatanel
ect
roni
crecor
dist
hatofaspeci
fi
c
per
son;or

(
b) detecti
ng err
ororal t
erat
ion inthe communi cat
ion,
contentorst or
age ofan electr
onicr ecor
d since a
specifi
cpointinti
me,whi chmayr equir
et heuseof
al
gor i
thms orcodes,identi
fyi
ng wor ds ornumber s,
encrypti
on, answer back or acknowl edgement
proceduresorsi
mil
arsecuri
tydevi
ces;

secur
esignat
urecr
eat
iondevi
ce”meansasi
gnat
urecreati
on
devi
cewhichmeet
stherequi
rement
slai
ddowninsecti
on4;

si
gnatory
”meansaper
sont
hathol
dssi
gnat
urecreat
iondat
aand
actseit
heroni
tsownbehal
foronbehalfofthepersoni
t
repr
esents

si
gnature creat
ion dev
ice” means conf
igured softwar
e or
hardware,used bythe si
gnator
yto create an el
ect
roni
c
si
gnature;

si
gnatur
ev eri
fi
cati
ondat
a”meansuniquedat
asuchascodesor
publ
iccryptogr
aphi
ckeys,usedf
orthepurposeofv
eri
fyi
ng
anelectr
onicsi
gnat
ure;

si
gnatureveri
fi
cat
ion devi
ce”means conf
igured sof
twar
e or
hardwar
e,usedfort hepur
poseofv er
ify
inganel ect
roni
c
si
gnatur
e;

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uresAct 2011
si
gned”or“si
gnatur
e”andit
sgrammat i
calv
ar i
ati
onsincludesany
symbol executed or adapted or any met hodology or
procedur
e empl oy
ed oradapt ed,by a per son wi ththe
i
ntenti
onofauthenti
cat
ingarecord,i
ncludinganelectroni
cor
di
gitalmethod;
subscr
iber
”meansaper
sonwho—
(
a) i
sthesubj
ectl
i
stedi
nacer
ti
fi
cat
e;
(
b) accept
sthecert
if
icate;and
(
c) holdsapriv
atekeywhi chcor
respondst
oapubl
i
ckey
li
stedi
nthatcer
ti
ficate;
suspendacerti
fi
cat
e”meanstomakeacert
if
icat
einef
fect
ive
tempor
ari
l
yforaspeci
fi
edt
imef
orwar
d;
t
hisAct
”incl
udesanyr
egul
ati
onsmadeundert
hisAct
;
t
ime-
stamp”means—
(
a) toappendorat t
achtoamessage,digi
talsi
gnat
ureor
cert
if
icat
eadi gi
tal
l
ysignednot
ati
oni
ndicati
ngatleast
thedate,ti
meandi dent
it
yoftheper
sonappendingor
att
achingthenot
ati
on;or
(
b) t
henot
ati
onappendedorat
tached;
t
ransact
ionalcert
if
icat
e”meansacer ti
fi
cate,i
ncorpor
ati
ngby
ref
erenceoneormor edi
git
alsi
gnat
ures,
issuedandvali
dfor
aspecifi
ctr
ansacti
on;
t
rust
wort
hysy
stem”meanscomput
erhar
dwar
eandsof
twar
e
whi
ch—
(
a) ar
ereasonabl
ysecur
efr
om i
ntr
usi
onandmi
suse;
(
b) prov
idear easonablel
evelofav
ail
abi
l
ity
,rel
i
abi
l
ityand
corr
ectoperati
on;and
(
c) arereasonabl
y sui
ted t
o per
for
ming t
hei
rint
ended
funct
ions;

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
“
val
i
dcer
ti
fi
cat
e”meansacer
ti
fi
cat
ewhi
ch—
(
a) al
i
censedcer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
vicepr
ovi
derhasi
ssued;
(
b) hasbeenaccept
edbyt
hesubscr
iberl
i
stedi
nit
;
(
c) hasnotbeenr
evokedorsuspended;
and
(
d) hasnotex pir
ed,
butatr
ansacti
onalcert
if
icateisaval
i
dcer t
ifi
cat
eonl
yinr
elat
iont
othe
di
git
alsi
gnatur
eincorporatedini
tbyref
erence;

“
ver
if
yadi gi
talsi
gnat
ure”means,inr
elati
ontoagivendigi
tal
signat
ure,messageandpubli
ckey,todet
ermi
neaccur
ately
that—

(
a) thedi
git
alsi
gnat
urewascreat
edbythepr
ivat
ekey
corr
espondi
ngtothepubl
i
ckey;and

(
b) themessagehasnotbeenal
ter
edsi
ncei
tsdi
git
al
signat
urewascr
eated;

“
wri
ti
ng”or“wri
tten”incl
udesanyhandwrit
ing,t
ypewr
it
ing,pri
nti
ng,
elect
roni
cst orageortransmissi
onoranyot hermet hodof
recor
dinginformati
onorf i
xi
nginfor
mat i
oninaform capabl
e
ofbeingpreserved.

(2)Fort
hepurposesofthi
sAct,acert
if
icat
eshallberevokedby
makinganotati
ontothateff
ectonthecerti
fi
cateorbyincludi
ngthe
cer
ti
ficat
einasetofr
evokedcer
ti
fi
cates.

(3)The r
evocati
on ofa cer
ti
fi
cat
e does notmean t
hati
tis
dest
royedormadeil
legi
ble.

3. Equal tr
eatmentofsignaturetechnol
ogies.
NothinginthisActshal
lbeappliedsoast oexclude,restr
ictordepr
iveof
l
egal ef
fectanymet hodofcreatinganelect
ronicsignaturethatsat
isfi
es
therequir
ement sforasignat
urei nthi
sActorot herwisemeet swit
ht he
requi
rement sofanyotherapplicabl
elaw.

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El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct
Par
tII
—El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
ures.
4. Compl i
ancewi t
har equir
ementf orasignature.
(1) Wheret he law r equir
es a si gnature ofa per son,that
requirementi smeti nr elat
iont o adat amessagei fanel ectr
onic
signatureisusedwhi chisasr el
iabl
easwasappr opr
iat
eforthepurpose
forwhi chthedatamessagewasgener at
edorcommuni cat
ed, i
nli
ghtof
allthecircumstances,includi
nganyr elevantagreement.
(2)Subsect
ion(1)appl
ieswhethertherequir
ementref
err
edtoi
n
thatsubsect
ioni
nt hefor
m ofanobligat
ionorwhet hert
hel
awsimpl
y
provi
desconsequencesfort
heabsenceofasi gnat
ure.
(
3)Anelectroni
csignaturei
sconsider
edtober eli
abl
ef orthe
pur
poseofsat
isf
yingtherequi
rementr
efer
redtoi
nsubsecti
on(1)if
—
(
a) t
hesignat
urecreat
iondataar
e,wit
hinthecont
extinwhich
t
heyareused,
li
nkedtothesi
gnat
oryandtonootherper
son;
(
b) t
hesi
gnatur
ecreat
iondatawer
e,att
heti
meofsigni
ng,
under
t
hecont
roloft
hesignat
oryandofnoot
herper
son;
(
c) anyal
terat
iont
ot heel
ect
roni
csi
gnat
ure,
madeaf
tert
het
ime
ofsi
gning,i
sdetect
abl
e;and
(
d) whereapur poseofl egalrequir
ementforasignatureisto
provi
deassur anceast otheintegr
it
yoftheinformationto
whichitr
elat
es, anyal
terat
ionmadet ot
hati
nformationaft
er
theti
meofsi gningisdet
ectable.
(
4)Subsect
ion(
3)doesnotl
i
mitt
hel
i
abi
l
ityofanyper
son—
(
a) toestabl
i
shinanyotherway
,fort
hepur
poseofsati
sfyi
ngt
he
requi
rementref
err
edt oi
nsubsecti
on(
1),
ther
eli
abil
it
yofan
elect
roni
csi
gnatur
e;or
(
b) to adduceev
idenceoft
henon-
rel
i
abi
l
ityofanel
ect
roni
c
si
gnature.

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
5. Conductoft hesignat
or y
.
(
1)Wher
esignaturecreati
ondatacanbeusedt
ocr
eat
easi
gnat
ure
thathasl
egalef
fect,
eachsi gnat
oryshal
l—
(
a) exer
cisereasonabl
ecaret
oav
oidunaut
hor
iseduseofi
ts
si
gnatur
ecreati
ondata;
(
b) wi
thoutunduedel
ay,noti
fyanyper sonthatmayreasonabl
y
beexpect
edbythesignat
orytorelyonortoprov
ideservi
ces
i
nsupportoft
heelect
roni
csignatureif
—

(
i) thesignat
oryknowsthatthesi
gnat
urecr
eat
iondat
a
havebeencompromi
sed;or
(
ii
) theci
rcumst
ancesknownt othesi
gnat
orygi
veri
set
oa
subst
anti
alri
skthatt hesi
gnatur
ecreat
iondat
amay
havebeencompromised;
(
c) whereacer t
if
icat
eisusedt osupporttheelect
ronicsignat
ure,
exerci
se reasonable caret o ensuret he accur acy and
completenessofal lmaterialr
epresentati
onsmadebyt he
si
gnatorywhichar erel
evanttothecer t
ifi
catethroughoutit
s
l
ife-
cycl
eorwhi charetobei ncl
udedinthecer t
ifi
cate.

6. Var i
ati
onbyagreement.
Theprovi
sionsoft
hisActmaybederogatedfr
om ort
heiref
fectmaybe
var
ied byagreementunlessthatagreementwould notbev al
id or
eff
ect
iveunderanylaw.

7. Conductoft
herelyi
ngpart
y.
Arel
yi
ngpart
yshal
lbearthel
egalconsequencesofhi
sorherf
ail
uret
o—

(
a) takereasonabl
est
epst
over
if
yther
eli
abi
l
ityofanel
ect
roni
c
signat
ure;or
(
b) wher
eanel
ect
roni
csi
gnat
urei
ssuppor
tedbyacer
ti
fi
cat
e,
t
aker
easonabl
est
eps—
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Act7 El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
i) tover
ifyt
hev al
i
dit
y,suspensi
onorr
evocat
ionoft
he
cer
tif
icat
e;and
(
ii
) t
oobser
veanyl
i
mit
ati
onwi
thr
espectt
othecer
ti
fi
cat
e.

8. Trustworthiness.
Whendeterminingwhet herortowhatextentanysystemsprocedur
es
andhumanr esour cesutil
isedbyacerti
ficat
ionservicepr
ovi
derare
tr
ust
worthy,
regar dmaybehadt othefol
l
owi ngfact
ors—
(
a) f
inanci
alandhumanr
esour
ces,
incl
udi
ngexi
stenceofasset
s;
(
b) qual
i
tyofhar
dwar
eandsof
twar
esy
stems;
(
c) procedur
eforpr
ocessi
ngofcer
ti
ficat
esandappl
i
cat
ionsf
or
certi
fi
cat
esandret
enti
onofr
ecords;
(
d) avai
labil
i
ty of inf
ormat
ion to si
gnator
ies i
dent
if
ied i
n
cert
ifi
catesandt
opotent
ial
rel
yi
ngpart
ies;
(
e) r
egul
ari
tyandext
entofaudi
tbyani
ndependentbody
;
(
f) theexi
stenceofadeclarati
onbythestate,anaccr
edi
tati
on
body or t he cert
if
icati
on ser
v i
ce pr ovi
der r
egardi
ng
compli
ancewithorexi
stenceoft
hef or
egoing;or
(
g) anyot
herr
elev
antf
act
or.

9. Conductoft hecerti
fi
cati
onserviceprovider
.
(1)Wher eacer ti
fi
cat
ionser vi
cepr ovi
derprovi
desservi
cesto
supportanelect
ronicsi
gnatur
et hatmaybeusedf orl
egalef
fectasa
si
gnature,
thatcert
if
icat
ionserv
iceprovidershall
—
(
a) acti n accordance wit
hr epresent
ati
ons made byi
twi
th
respecttoitspoli
ciesandpracti
ces;
(
b) exer
cise reasonable caret o ensuret he accuracy and
completenessofallmaterialrepr
esentat
ionsmadebyi tt
hat
arer
elevanttothecert
if
icatethroughouti
tsli
fe-
cycleorwhich
arei
ncludedinthecerti
ficate;
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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
c) prov
ider
easonabl
yaccessi
blemeanswhi
chenabl
ear
ely
ing
part
ytoascer
tai
nfrom t
hecert
if
icat
e—
(
i) t
hei
dent
it
yoft
hecer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
vicepr
ovi
der
;
(
ii
) thatt
hesignator
ythatisidenti
fi
edinthecert
if
icat
ehad
contr
oloft hesi
gnaturecreat
iondataattheti
mewhen
thecert
if
icatewasissued;
(
ii
i)t
hatsi
gnat
urecreati
ondat
awereval
idatorbef
oret
he
t
imewhenthecerti
fi
cat
ewasi
ssued;
(
d) provi
dereasonabl
yaccessi
blemeanswhi
chenabl
ear el
yi
ng
partytoascertai
n,whererelev
ant
,fr
om thecer
ti
fi
cateor
otherwi
se—
(
i) t
hemet
hodusedt
oident
if
ythesi
gnat
ory
;
(
ii
) anyli
mit
ati
onont hepurposeorv al
ueforwhichthe
si
gnat
urecr
eat
iondataorthecer
ti
fi
catemaybeused;
(
ii
i)thatt
hesi
gnat
urecreat
iondat
aar
eval
i
dandhav
enot
beencompr
omised;
(
iv) any l
imitat
ion on t
he scope or ex
tentof l
i
abi
l
ity
sti
pul
atedbythecer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
vicepr
ovider
;
(
v) whethermeansexistf
ort
hesi
gnat
oryt
ogi
venot
ice
undersect
ion4(
1);
(
vi) whet
herat
imel
yrev
ocat
ionser
vicei
sof
fer
ed;
(
e) whereser
vicesunderpar
agr aph(
d)(v)areoff
ered,providea
meansforasignat
orytogivenoti
ceundersecti
on4(1)(b)and,
whereserv
icesunderparagraphd(v
i)areoff
ered,ensurethe
avai
l
abil
it
yofat i
melyrev
ocat i
onservi
ce;
(
f) uti
li
ze trust
wort
hy syst
ems, pr ocedur
es and human
resour
cesinper
for
mingi
tsser
vices.
(
2)Acerti
fi
cat
ionser
viceprov
idershal
lbel
i
abl
efori
tsf
ail
uret
o
sat
isf
yther
equir
ementsofsubsect
ion(1).

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roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
10.Adv ancedsignat
ures.
(1)Anadv anced elect
roni
csi gnat
ure,veri
fi
ed wit
haqual ifi
ed
cer
ti
ficate,isequaltoanaut ographicsi
gnatureinrel
ati
ont odatain
el
ectronicf or
m and has t herefor
e equall egaleff
ecti
veness and
admissibil
it
yasev i
dence.
(2)The adv
anced si
gnat
urev
eri
fi
cat
ion pr
ocess shal
lensur
e
t
hat
—
(
a) the data used for v
erif
ying the el
ectroni
c si
gnat
ure
corr
espondtothedat
adispl
ay edt
othever
if
ier;
(
b) the si
gnatur
ei srel
iabl
yv er
if
ied and the resul
toft he
veri
fi
cati
onandident
ityoft
hecerti
ficat
eholderiscor
rectl
y
displ
ayedtothev
eri
fi
er;
(
c) theveri
fi
ercanr
eli
abl
yest
abl
i
sht
hecont
ent
soft
hesi
gned
data;
(
d) t
heauthenti
ci
tyandvali
dit
yofthecert
if
icat
erequi
redatt
he
t
imeofsignatur
ever
if
icat
ionar
everi
fi
ed;
(
e) t
heuseofapseudony
miscl
ear
lyi
ndi
cat
ed;
(
f) anysecur
it
y-r
elev
antchangescanbedet
ect
ed.

11. Secur eel ect r

onicsignature.
Wher e,throught heapplicati
onofapr escri
bedsecur i
typr ocedureora
commer ci
allyr easonablesecur i
typrocedureagreedt obyt hepar t
ies
i
nv ol
v ed,anel ect r
onicsignaturei sexecutedinat rustwor t
hymanner ,
reasonablyandi ngoodf ait
hr eli
eduponbyt her elyi
ngpar t
y,that
signatureshall bet r
eatedasasecur eelect
ronicsignatur
eatt het i
meof
verif
icati
ont ot heex tentt hatitcanbev er
ifi
edt hatt heel ectr
onic
signaturesatisfied,atthet i
mei twasmade, t
hefol l
owingcr i
teri
a—
(
a) thesi
gnat
urecreati
ondatausedf orsignat
urecr
eat
ioni
s
uni
queandit
ssecrecyi
sreasonabl
yassured;
(
b) i
twascapabl
eofbei
ng used t
o obj
ect
ivel
yident
if
ythat
per
son;

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
c) i
twascr eat
edinamannerorusi
ngameansundert
hesole
cont
roloft he per
son usi
ng i
t,t
hatcannotbe readi
l
y
dupl
icat
edorcompromi
sed;
(
d) i
tisl
i
nkedtotheelect
roni
crecor
dtowhichi
trel
atesinsucha
mannert
hatift
herecordwaschangedt
oelect
ronicsi
gnatur
e
woul
dbeinvali
dat
ed;
(
e) thesi
gnat
orycanrel
iabl
yprot
ecthi
sorhersi
gnat
urecr
eat
ion
dataf
rom unaut
hori
sedaccess.

12. Pr esumptionsrelati
ngtosecureandadvancedelectr
oni
c
signat
ures.
(1)Inanycivilproceedi
ngsinvolv
ingasecureelect
roni
crecor
d,it
shallbepr esumed,unl essthecont r
aryisprov
ed,thatthesecureor
advancedel ect
ronicrecordhasnotbeenalter
edsincethespeci
fi
cpoint
i
nt i
met owhichthesecur estat
usrelat
es.
(2)In any ci
vi
lproceedings i
nvolv
ing a secur
e oradvanced
el
ectr
onic si
gnatur
e,the fol
lowing shal
lbe presumed unl
ess the
cont
raryi
sproved—
(
a) t
hesecur
eoradv
ancedelect
roni
csignat
urei
sthesi
gnat
ure
oft
heper
sont
owhom itcorr
elat
es;
and
(
b) thesecureoradvancedelectr
oni
csi
gnat
urewasaff
ixedby
thatpersonwit
ht heint
entionofsi
gni
ngorappr
ovingthe
elect
roni
crecor
d.
(3)Intheabsenceofasecureoradvancedelect
roni
csignat
ure,
not
hing inthis Par
tshallcr
eate anypresumpti
on rel
ati
ng tothe
aut
hentici
tyand int
egr
it
yoft he el
ect
roni
cr ecor
d oran elect
roni
c
si
gnature.
(4)Theef f
ectofpresumpti
onspr ovi
dedi
nt hi
ssect
ioni
stoplace
ont hepar tychall
engingt hegenuinenessofasecur eoradvanced
elect
ronicsignatur
ebot htheburdenofgoingfor
wardwithev
idenceto
rebutt hepresumptionandt heburdenofpersuadi
ngthecourtofthe
factthatthenon-exi
stenceofthepresumedfactismore.

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
PARTI
II
—SECUREDI
GITALSI
GNATURES

13. Securedi gi
tal
signatures.
Whenapor ti
onofanel ectroni
crecordissi
gnedwi
thadigit
al si
gnatur
e
thedigi
talsignat
ureshallbet r
eatedasasecureel
ect
ronicsignatur
ein
respectofthatport
ionoft herecord,
if—
(
a) the di
git
alsignatur
e was cr eat
ed during t
he operati
onal
peri
odofav ali
dcer t
if
icat
eandi sv er
if
iedbyr ef
erencetoa
publi
ckeyli
stedinthecert
ifi
cate;and
(
b) the cer
ti
fi
cateis consi
der
ed tr
ust
worthy
,int hati
tis an
accurat
e bindi
ng ofa publi
c key t
o a per
son’sident
it
y
because—
(
i) the cer
ti
fi
cat
e was i
ssued bya cer
tif
icati
on ser
vice
provi
deroper
ati
ngi
ncompliancewi
thregulat
ionsmade
underthi
sAct;
(
ii
) the cer
ti
ficate was i
ssued bya cer t
if
icat
ion ser
vice
provi
derout si
deUgandar ecognisedf
orthepurposeby
thecontroll
erpursuanttoregulati
onsmadeundert his
Act;
(
ii
i)thecer ti
fi
catewasissuedbyadepar tmentormi nistr
yof
the Gov ernment,an or gan of state of statutory
corpor ati
on approved by t he mi
nisterto actas a
certi
ficationser
viceprovideronsuchcondi t
ionsast he
regulationsmayspecify;or
(
iv)theparti
eshav eexpressl
yagreedbetweenthemselv
es
tousedigit
al si
gnat
uresasasecurit
yprocedureandt
he
digi
tal
signaturewasproperl
yveri
fi
edbyrefer
encetot
he
sender’
spublickey.

14. Sati
sfacti
onofsignaturerequir
ements.
(1)Wher earuleoflawr equi
resasignatur
eorprovi
desforcert
ain
consequencesintheabsenceofasi gnat
ure,
thatr
uleshal
lbesatisf
ied
byadigit
alsignat
urewher e—

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
a) t
( hatdigit
alsi
gnaturei
sverif
iedbyr ef
erencetothepubl
i
c
keylistedinaval
idcert
if
icateissuedbyal i
censed
certi
ficat
ionser
vicepr
ovider;

a) t
( hatdigi
tal
signatur
ewasaffi
xedbyt
hesi
gnerwi
tht
he
i
ntent
ionofsigni
ngthemessage;
and

( t
her
eci
pienthasnoknowl
edgeornot
icet
hatt
hesi
gner
—

(
i) hasbr
eachedadut
yasasubscr
iber
;or
c) (
ii
) doesnotr
ightf
ull
yhol
dthepr
ivat
ekeyusedt
oaf
fi
xthe
di
git
alsi
gnatur
e.

(
2)Not
wit
hst
andi
nganywr
it
tenl
awt
othecont
rar
y—

(
a) adocumentsignedwithadigi
talsignatur
einaccor
dancewith
thi
sActshall
beasl egal
lybi
ndingasadocumentsi gnedwith
ahandwrit
tensignatur
e,anaf f
ixedt humbpr
intoranyother
mark;and

(
b) adigi
talsi
gnat
urecreatedinaccor
dancewi
tht
hisActshal
lbe
takentobealegal
lybindingsi
gnatur
e.

(
3)Nothi
nginthi
sActshal
lprecl
udeasy
mbol
frombei
ngv
ali
dasa
si
gnat
ureunderanyot
herappli
cablel
aw.

15. Unr el
iabledigit
alsi
gnat
ures.
(
1)Unlessot herwi
seprovi
dedbylaworcontract
,thereci
pientofa
digitalsi
gnatureassumest heriskthatadigi
talsi
gnatureisforged,i
f
reli
ance on t he digit
alsignatur
ei s not reasonabl
e under t he
circumstances.

(2)Wherethereci
pientdecidesnott orel
yonadigit
alsi
gnature
underthi
ssecti
on,thereci
pientshallpromptl
ynot
ifyt
hesignerofits
deter
minati
onnottorel
yonadi gitalsi
gnatur
eandthegr
oundsforthat
deter
minati
on.

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roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
16.Digi
tal
l
ysigneddocumenttakentobewr i
tt
endocument.
(
1)Amessageshal lbeasvali
d,enf
orceableandef
fect
iveasi
fit
hadbeenwri
tt
enonpaperi f
—

(
a) i
tbear
sini
tsent
ir
etyadi
git
alsi
gnat
ure;
and

(
b) thatdigi
tal
signat
urei
sver
if
iedbyt
hepubl
i
ckeyl
i
stedi
na
certi
fi
catewhich—
(
i) wasissuedbyal
i
censedcer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
vicepr
ovi
der
;
and

(
ii
) wasv
ali
datt
het
imet
hedi
git
alsi
gnat
urewascr
eat
ed.

(2)Nothi
ngint
hisActshal
lprecl
udeanymessage,documentor
recor
df r
om beingconsi
der
edwr i
ttenorinwri
ti
ngunderanyot her
appli
cabl
elaw.

17. Digi
tal
lysigneddocumentdeemedt obeor i
ginaldocument .
Acopyofadi git
all
ysi gnedmessageshal lbeasv ali
d,enforceabl
eand
eff
ecti
veast heor iginaloft hemessageunl essi ti
sev identthatthe
si
gnerdesignatedani nstanceofthedigit
all
ysignedmessaget obea
uni
queor i
ginal,i
nwhi chcaseonlythatinstanceconst i
tutesthev al
id,
enfor
ceableandef fectivemessage.

18.Aut hent i
cati
onofdi gitalsi
gnatures.
Acer ti
ficat
ei ssuedbyal icensedcer t
if
icati
onservicepr ovi
dershallbe
anacknowl edgementofadi git
alsignatureveri
fi
edbyr efer
encet othe
publi
ckeyl istedint hecer ti
fi
cate,regardl
essofwhet herwor dsofan
express acknowl edgementappearwi tht he digitalsignatur
e and
regardlessofwhet herthesignerphysicall
yappearedbef oretheli
censed
certi
fi
cat i
onser vi
cepr ovi
derwhent hedigit
alsi
gnat urewascr eated,i
f
thatdigitalsignat
ur eis—

(
a) v
eri
fi
abl
ebyt
hatcer
ti
fi
cat
e;and

(
b) wasaf
fi
xedwhent
hatcer
ti
fi
cat
ewasv
ali
d.
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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
19.Pr esumptionsi
nadj
udi
cati
ngdisput
es.
I
nadj udicat
ingadisput
einvol
vingadi gi
talsi
gnat
ure,acour
tshal
l
presume—
(
a) thatacer
tif
icatedigi
tal
l
ysi
gnedbyal
i
censedcer
ti
fi
cat
ion
servi
cepr
oviderand—
(
i) publ
i
shedi
nar
ecogni
sedr
eposi
tor
y;or
(
ii
) made av ai
lable bythe issuing l
icensed cer
ti
fi
cat
ion
serv
ice prov i
derorby t he subscr i
berli
sted i
nt he
cert
if
icat
e,isissuedbythelicensedcerti
fi
cati
onserv
ice
provi
derwhi chdigi
tal
lysi
gnedi tandisacceptedbythe
subscri
berlist
edinit;
(
b) thattheinf
ormationli
stedinaval
idcert
if
icateandconf
ir
med
by a l i
censed cert
if
icati
on ser
vice pr
ov i
derissui
ng the
certi
fi
cateisaccurat
e;

(
c) thatwher
ethepubl
ickeyver
if
iesadigi
talsi
gnatur
elist
edi
na
vali
d cer
ti
fi
cat
eissued byal i
censed cer
tif
icat
ionserv
ice
provi
der—

(
i) thatdi
gitalsi
gnatur
ei sthe di
git
alsi
gnat
ure oft
he
subscr
iberl
ist
edinthatcer
ti
fi
cat
e;

(
ii
) t
hatdi
git
alsi
gnat
urewasaf
fi
xedbythatsubscr
iberwi
th
t
heint
enti
onofsi
gningt
hemessage;and
(
ii
i)t
her ecipi
entofthatdi
git
alsi
gnat
urehasnoknowl
edge
ornoticethatt
hesigner
—
(
aa)hasbr
eachedadut
yasasubscr
iber
;or
(
ab)doesnotri
ght
ful
l
yholdt
hepr
ivat
ekeyusedt
oaf
fi
x
thedi
git
alsi
gnat
ure;
and
(
d) thata di
git
alsignat
ure wascreat
ed bef
orei
twast ime-
stampedbyarecogni
seddateorti
mestampser
viceut
il
isi
ng
at r
ust
wort
hysystem.

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roni
cSignatur
esAct 2011
PARTIV—PUBLICKEYINFRASTRUCTURE(
PKI)
20. Sphereofappli
cati
on.
ThisPar
tappli
est odi
gitalsi
gnatur
esorsi gnat
uresthatar
eabl
etouse
thepubl
ickeyinf
rast
ructure(PKI
).
21. Control
l
er .
(
1)Thecont r
oll
ershall
,i
npart
icul
arberesponsi
bleformonit
ori
ng
andoverseei
ngt heacti
vi
tiesofcer
ti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprovider
sandshall
per
formt hefuncti
onsconferr
edonthecontr
oll
erunderthisAct
.
(
2)The cont
rol
lershal
lexer
cise i
tsf unct
ions underthi
s Act
subjectt
osuchdir
ect
ionsastot
hegeneralpoli
cyguidel
inesasmaybe
giv
enbyt heMi
nist
er.
(
3)TheControll
ershallmaintainapublicl
yaccessibl
edatabase
containi
ngacerti
fi
cati
onser vi
cepr ovi
derdiscl
osur
er ecor
dforeach
certi
fi
cati
onservi
cepr ov
ider,whichshallcontainallthepart
icul
ars
requir
edunderr
egulat
ionsmadeundert hisAct.
(
4)TheControl
l
ershal
lpubl
isht
hecont
ent
soft
hedat
abasei
nat
l
eastoner
ecogni
sedreposi
tor
y.
22. Cer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
viceprovi
derstobeli
censed.
(
1)Apersonshallnotcarr
yonoroper ateorhol
dhimsel
foutas
car
ryi
ngonoroperat
ing,asacertif
icat
ionser
vicepr
ovi
derunl
esst
hat
per
sonhasavali
dli
cenceissuedunderthi
sAct.
(2)Apersonwhocont r
avenessubsection(1)commi t
sanof f
ence
andisli
abl
e,onconvi
cti
on,toafinenotexceedingtwohundredandf ort
y
curr
encypoint
sorimpri
sonmentnotexceedi ngtenyearsorboth;andin
thecaseofacontinui
ngof f
enceisinadditi
onl i
abletoadai l
yfinenot
exceedi
ngtencurr
encypointsforeachdaytheof f
encecontinues.
(3)TheMi nistermay ,onanappl i
cati
oninwr it
ingbeingmadei n
accordancewiththisAct,exemptaper sonoperatingasacer t
if
icat
ion
servi
ceprovi
derwithinanor gani
sati
onf r
omt herequirementofal i
cence
undert hi
s sect
ion where cer t
if
icates and keypai rs ar
ei ssued to
member softheorganisati
onf ori
nternaluseonly;buttheMi ni
stershal
l
notdelegat
ethatpowert ot heControll
er.

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Act7 El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(4)Theli
abil
ityli
mit
sspeci f
iedi nPartI
Vshallnotappl
yt oan
exemptedcert
if
icati
onserviceprov i
derandPartVshallnotappl
yin
rel
ati
ontoadi gitalsi
gnatureverifi
edbyacer ti
fi
cat
eissuedbyan
exemptedcer
ti
fi
cat i
onser
viceprovider.
23. Quali
ficati
onsofcer ti
ficat
ionaservi
ceproviders.
(1) The Mi nist
er in consult
ation with Nat i
onalInf
ormati
on
Technol
ologyAut hori
ty-ugandashall,byregulati
onsmadeundert his
Act,prescribe the qualifi
cati
ons requir
ed forcer ti
fi
cat
ion ser
vice
provi
ders.
(
2) The Minist
er in consult
ati
on with Nati
onalInfor
mation
Technolol
ogyAuthori
ty-ugandamayv aryoramendt hequali
fi
cat
ions
prescri
bedundersubsecti
on(1)butanysuchv ari
ati
onoramendment
shallnotbeappli
edt oacer t
if
icat
ionserv
iceprovi
derhol
dingav ali
d
l
icenceunderthi
sActuntilt
heexpir
yofthatli
cence.
24. Funct i
onsoflicensedcerti
fi
cati
onser v
iceprovi
ders.
(
1)Thef unct
ionofacer t
if
icati
onserviceprov
idershall
bet oissue
acer t
if
icatetoasubscr iberuponapplicat
ionanduponsat i
sfacti
onof
thecerti
ficati
onserviceprovi
dersrequir
ement sastotheidentit
yoft he
subscri
bert obel i
stedi nthecer t
ifi
cateanduponpay mentoft he
prescri
bedf eesandchar ges.
(2)The cer tif
icat
ion ser
vice providershal
l,befor
ei ssui
ng a
cert
ifi
cateundert hi
sAct ,t
akeal lreasonablemeasurestocheckfor
properident
if
icat
ionofthesubscr i
bertobel i
stedi
nthecert
if
icat
e.
25. Appli
cat
ionf
orli
cence.
(1)Anappli
cati
onforal i
cenceunderthi
sActshal lbemadei
n
wri
ti
ngt ot
heControl
l
erinsuchform asmaybeprescr
ibed.
( 2)Anappli
cati
onundersubsection(1)shal
lbeaccompani edby
suchdocument sorinf
ormati
onasmaybepr escri
bedandt hecont r
oll
er
may ,atanyt i
me afterrecei
ving t
he appli
cati
on and bef oreiti s
deter
mi ned,r
equir
etheappli
canttoprovi
desuchaddi t
ionaldocument s
orinformati
onasmaybeconsi derednecessar
ybyt hecontrol
lerforthe
purposesofdetermini
ngthesuit
abil
it
yoftheappli
cantf ort
helicence.

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
3)Wher eanyadditi
onaldocumentori nf
ormat ionrequir
edunder
subsecti
on(2)isnotprovi
dedbyt heappli
cantwithinthetimespeci f
ied
i
nt her equi
rementoranyext ensi
ongr anted byt heCont rol
ler,the
appli
cati
onshallbet akentobewi t
hdrawnandshal lnotbef urt
her
proceededwith,wi
thoutprej
udi
cet oafreshapplicati
onbei ngmadeby
theappli
cant
.
26. Grantorr ef
usal ofl
icence.
(1)TheCont roll
ershall
,onanappl i
cat
ionhav i
ngbeendul ymade
i
naccor dancewi thsect i
on25andaf t
erbeingpr ovidedwithallthe
document sandinf or
mat i
onashemayr equi
re,considertheappli
cati
on
and when he orshe i s satisf
ied thatthe appli
canti s a quali
fi
ed
cert
if
icati
onser v
icepr ov
iderandasui t
ablel
icenseeanduponpay ment
ofthepr escri
bedf ee,grantthel i
cencewi t
horwi t
houtcondi t
ionsor
ref
uset ograntalicence.

(
2)A li
cence grant
ed undersubsect
ion (
1)shal
lsetoutt
he
dur
ati
onoft
helicenceandtheli
cencenumber.
(3)Thet er
msandcondi ti
onsimposedundertheli
cencemayat
anytimebev ari
edforj
ustcauseoramendedbyt heControl
l
erbutt
he
l
icenseeshal
lbegiv
enar easonabl
eopport
uni
tyofbeinghear
d.
(
4)TheContr
oll
ershal
lnot
if
ytheappli
canti
nwrit
ingofhi
sorher
decisi
ontograntorr ef
usetograntalicencewit
hinthi
rtyday
sof
receiv
ingt
heappl
i
cati
on.

27. Revocat
ionofli
cence.
(1)TheControl
lermayrev
okeal
i
cencegr
ant
edundersect
ion26i
f
sat
isf
iedthat
—

(
a) t
hecer
tif
icat
ionser
vicepr
ovi
derhasfai
l
edtocompl
ywi
than
obl
i
gat
ionimposeduponitbyorundert
hisAct
;

(
b) the cert
if
icat
ion servi
ce pr
ov i
der has cont
rav
ened any
condit
ionimposedunderthel
icence,
anyprovi
si
onofthi
sAct
oranyotherwrit
tenlaw;

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Act7 El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
c) thecert
if
icationserv i
cepr ovi
derhas, eit
heri nconnect i
onwith
theappli
cationfort helicenceoratanyt imeaf t
ert hegrantof
theli
cence,pr ovi
dedt hecont r
ollerwi t
hf alse,mi sleadingor
i
naccurateinformat ionoradocumentordecl arat i
onmadeby
oronbehal foft hecer t
if
icat
ionser vicepr oviderorbyoron
behalfofaper sonwhoi sorist obeadi r
ect or,cont r
oll
eror
manageroft helicensedcer ti
ficati
onser v i
cepr oviderwhich
i
sf al
se,misleadingori naccurate;

(
d) t
hecer
tif
icat
ionserv
iceprovi
deri
scarry
ingonitsbusi
nessi
n
amannerwhichisprej
udi
cial
tothei
nterestoft
hepubl
icort
o
t
henati
onaleconomy ;

(
e) t
hecerti
fi
cat
ionserv
icepr
ovi
derhasi
nsuf
fi
ci
entasset
sto
meeti
tsli
abi
li
ti
es;

(
f) awi nding up orderhasbeenmadeagai nsttheli
censed
cert
if
icationserv
iceprov
iderorar
esol
uti
onf ori
tsv
olunt
ary
windi
ng- uphasbeenpassed;

(
g) thecert
if
icat
ionservi
ceprovi
derori
tsdirect
or,cont
rol
l
eror
managerhasbeenconv ict
edofanoffenceunderthi
sActin
hisorhercapaci
tyas;or

(
h) thecerti
fi
cat
ionserv
iceprov
iderhasceasedt
obeaqual
i
fied
cert
if
icati
onserv
iceprovi
der
.

(2)Beforerev
okingalicence,t
heControllershallgi
vetheli
censed
cert
if
icati
onservi
ceprovi
deranot i
ceinwr i
ti
ngofhi sorherintent
ionto
rev
oket heli
cenceandrequirethel
icensedcertif
icat
ionserv
iceprovi
der
toshow causewi t
hinthi
rtyday sast owhyt hel i
cenceshouldnotbe
rev
oked.

(3)Wheret
heControl
lerdeci
destorevokethelicence,heorshe
shal
lnoti
fyt
hecert
if
icat
ionservi
cepr
oviderofhi
sorherdeci si
onbya
noti
ceinwri
ti
ngwit
hin48hoursofmakingthedecisi
on.

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(4)Ther ev
ocati
onofal i
cenceshallt
akeef
fectwherethereisno
appealagainstt
herevocati
on,ontheexpir
ati
onofthi
rtydaysfrom t
he
date on which t
he noti
ce ofrevocat
ion i
sserved on the l
i
censed
cert
if
icat
ionservi
ceprovi
der.
(5)Wher eanappealhasbeenmadeagai nstther ev
ocati
onofa
l
icence,t he cert
ifi
cati
on servi
ce pr ovi
derwhose l i
cence has been
revoked shallnoti ssueanycer t
if
icatesuntiltheappealhasbeen
disposedofandt herevocati
onhasbeensetasi debyt heMi ni
sterbut
nothinginthissubsecti
onshallpreventthecert
ifi
cati
onserviceprovider
from ful
fi
lli
ngitsotherobl
igati
onstoi tssubscr
ibersdur
ingthatperiod.
(6) Apersonwhocontr
avenessubsecti
on(5)commitsanof
fence
andisli
abl
e,onconvi
cti
on,
toafinenotexceedi
ngtwohundredandfor
ty
cur
rencypoint
sortoimpri
sonmentnotexceedingtenyear
sorbot
h.

(7)Wher ethe revocati

on ofa l icence has t
aken effect
,the
Controll
ershal l
,assoonaspr acti
cable,causet herevocati
ontobe
publi
shedi nthecerti
fi
cati
onserv i
ceproviderdi
sclosur
erecordheorshe
maintains for t he certi
fi
cati
on ser vi
ce pr ovi
der concerned and
adverti
sedi natleasttwoEngl ishlanguagenat i
onaldai
lynewspapers
foratleastthreeconsecuti
veday s.

28. Appeal
.
(1)Apersonwhoi
saggr
iev
edby
—
(
a) theref
usaloftheControl
l
ert
oli
censeacerti
fi
cat
ionserv
ice
provi
derundersect
ion26ort
orenewali
cenceundersect
ion
35;or
(
b) t
her
evocat
ionofal
i
cenceundersect
ion27,
mayappeali
nwri
ti
ngtotheMi
nist
erwithi
nthi
rtyday
sf rom t
hedat
eon
whi
chthenoti
ceofr
efusal
orr
evocat
ionisser
vedont hatper
son.
(
2)TheMi
nist
ershal
l
,uponr
ecei
ptoft
heappealr
espondwi
thi
n
t
hir
tyday
s.

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Act7 El
ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(3)Apersonnotsat
isf
iedwi
tht
heMi
nist
er’
sdeci
si
onmayappeal
t
otheHighCour
t.

29. Sur
renderofli
cence.
(
1)Acer ti
fi
cati
onserviceprov
idermaysur r
enderi
tslicenceby
for
wardi
ngittotheControl
l
erwithawrit
tennot
iceofit
ssurr
ender.
(2)Thesur rendershal
ltakeeffectont hedatetheContr
oll
er
recei
vesthel
icenceandthenoti
ceundersubsecti
on(1)orwher
ealat
er
dateisspeci
fi
edinthenoti
ce,onthatdate.
(3)Thel i
censedcer t
if
icati
onserviceprovi
dershall
,notlatert han
four t
eenday safterthedat erefer
redt oinsubsection(2),causet he
surrendertobepubl i
shedint hecer
tif
icati
onservi
cepr ov
iderdiscl
osur e
recordoft hecert
ifi
cationservi
ceproviderconcernedandadv erti
sedi n
atl easttwoEngl i
shl anguagenationaldail
ynewspaper sf oratl east
threedaysconsecut i
ve.

30. Effectofrevocat
ion,surrenderorexpiryoflicence.
(1)Wher etherevocationofal icenceundersect ion27ori t
s
surr
enderundersect i
on29hast akenef f
ectorwher ethelicencehas
expi
red,thel i
censedcer t
ifi
cationservicepr ovidershallimmedi atel
y
ceasetocar r
yonoroper at
eanybusi nessinr espectofwhichthelicence
wasgr anted.

(2)Notwithst
andi
ng subsecti
on (1)
,the Minist
ermay ,on the
recommendationoftheControl
ler
,author
isetheli
censedcerti
fi
cati
on
servi
ceprovi
derinwri
ti
ngtocarryonitsbusinessforsuchdurat
ionas
theMini
stermayspecif
yintheauthori
sati
onforthepurposeofwindi
ng
upitsaf
fair
s.
(3)Notwit
hstandingsubsect
ion( 1)
,ali
censedcert
ifi
cati
onservi
ce
providerwhosel icencehasex pi
redshal lbeent i
tl
edtocar ryonits
businessasi fi
tsli
cencehadnotexpi r
eduponpr oofbei
ngsubmi t
tedto
theCont rol
l
erthattheli
censedcerti
fi
cationser
viceprov
iderhasappl
ied
forar enewaloft hel i
cenceand t hatsuch appli
cati
on ispending
determinati
on.

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(4)Apersonwhocont ravenessubsecti
on(1)commi tsanoffence
andisli
abl
e,onconvict
ion,toafinenotexceedi
ngsev ent
ytwocur r
ency
point
sortoimprisonmentnotexceedi ngtenyearsorbot handi nthe
caseofaconti
nuingoffenceshalli
nadditi
onbeliabletoadail
yfinenot
exceedi
ngfi
vecurrencypointsforeachdaytheoffenceconti
nues.
(5) Withoutpr ej
udice tot he Controll
er’
s power s under
secti
on
26,therevocati
onofal i
cenceundersection27ori tssurrenderunder
secti
on29ori t
sexpi r
yshallnotaffectthev ali
dit
yoref fectofany
cert
if
icat
eissuedbyt hecer
ti
ficat
ionserv
iceproviderconcernedbefore
suchrevocati
on,surrenderorexpi
ry.
(
6)Fort hepur posesofsubsect ion(5),theControl
lershallappoint
another l
icensed cer ti
ficati
on ser v
ice prov ider t
ot ake ov er the
cert
ifi
cat
esi ssuedbyt hecer ti
fi
cati
onser vicepr ovi
derwhosel i
cence
hasbeenr evokedorsur renderedorhasexpi redandt hecer t
if
icateshall
,
totheextentt hattheycompl ywithther equirementsoft heappoi nt
ed
l
icensedcertif
icati
onser v i
ceprovider,bedeemedt ohav ebeeni ssued
bythatli
censedcer ti
fi
cat i
onser v
icepr ov
ider.
(
7)subsection (
6)shallnotpr ecl
ude the appointed li
censed
cer
tifi
cati
onservi
ceprovi
derf rom r
equiri
ngt hesubscribert ocomply
wit
hi tsrequi
rementsinrelat
iontot heissueofcer t
if
icatesorf r
om
i
ssuinganewcer ti
fi
cat
etothesubscri
berfort heunexpi
redper i
odofthe
ori
ginalcert
if
icat
eexceptthatanyaddi t
ionalfeesorchar gestobe
i
mposedshal lonlybeimposedwi tht hepriorwrit
tenappr ovalofthe
Control
ler
.

31. Eff
ectofl
ackoflicence.
(1)The l
iabi
li
tyl i
mits speci
fi
ed i
n Par
tIV shal
lnotappl
yto
unl
i
censedcert
ifi
cati
onser vi
ceprovi
der
s.
(
2)PartVshallnotapplyinrelat
iontoanelect
roni
csignature,
whi
ch cannotbe v eri
fi
ed by a cert
ifi
cat
eissued by a l
icensed
cer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
viceprovi
der
.
(3) I
n any ot hercase,unless t
he par ti
es expressly pr
ovide
other
wisebycontractbetweenthemselves,theli
censingrequirements
underthi
sActshallnotaff
ectt
heef f
ect
iveness,enfor
ceabili
tyorval
idit
y
ofanydigi
tal
signature.
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32. Ret ur
nofli
cence.
(1)Wheretherev ocati
onofal icenceundersecti
on27hast aken
effectorwheret
hel i
cencehasexpiredandnoappl i
cationforit
srenewal
hasbeensubmi ttedwi t
hintheperi
odspeci fi
edorwher eanapplicat
ion
forrenewalhasbeenr efusedundersection35,t
heli
censedcer t
if
icati
on
serviceprovi
dershallwi thi
nfourteenday sretur
nt helicencet othe
Cont rol
l
er.
(2) Apersonwhocont r
avenessubsect ion(1)commi t
sanoffence
andisl i
abl
e,onconvi
ction,toaf inenotexceedi ngseventytwoeight
curr
encypointsort
oimpr i
sonmentnotexceedi ngthr
eeyearsortoboth
andint hecaseofacont i
nuingof fenceshallinaddit
ionbeliabl
etoa
dai
lyf i
nenotexceedi
ngf i
vecur r
encypoi ntsforeachdayt heoffence
conti
nuesandt hecourtshallretainthelicenceandf orwardittothe
Control
ler
.

33. Restri
ctedli
cence.
(1)TheCont r
oll
ermaycl
assi
fyl
i
cencesaccor
dingt
ospeci
fi
ed
l
imi
tationsincl
uding—
(
a) maxi
mum numberofout
standi
ngcer
ti
fi
cat
es;
(
b) cumulati
ve maximum ofr ecommended r el
iance l
i
mi t
si n
cert
if
icat
es issued by t
he licensed cer
tif
icat
ion ser
vice
provi
der;
and
(
c) i
ssuanceonl
ywi
thi
nasi
ngl
efi
rm oror
gani
sat
ion.
(2)TheControl
lermayissuel
i
cencesr
est
ri
ctedaccor
dingt
othe
l
i
mit
sofeachclassif
icat
ion.
(
3) A li
censed cer
tif
icati
on ser
vice pr
ovi
der t
hat i
ssues a
cer
ti
fi
cat
eexceedi
ngtherestri
cti
onsofi
tsli
cencecommit
sanoffence.
(4)Wher eal i
censed certi
ficat
ion servi
ce pr
oviderissues a
cert
if
icateexceedi
ngther est
ri
ctionsofi t
sl i
cence,t
hel i
abil
i
tylimi
ts
speci
fiedinPartIVshal
lnotappl ytothelicensedcer
tif
icat
ionservi
ce
provi
derinrel
ati
ontothatcert
if
icate.

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(
5)Nothinginsubsect
ion(
3)or(
4)shal
laf
fectt
hev
ali
dit
yoref
fect
oft
heissuedcert
ifi
cat
e.

34. Rest ri
cti
ononuseofexpr essi on“certi
ficati
onservicepr ovi
der”
.
(
1)Exceptwi t
ht hewr it
tenconsentoft heCont rol
l
er ,
aper sonshall
notbei ngal i
censedcer t
ifi
cati
onser vicepr ovi
der,assumeoruset he
expressions“ certif
icationser vicepr ov i
der”or“ li
censedcer ti
fi
cat
ion
serv
ice pr ovi
der ”
,as t he case maybe oranyder ivati
v e ofthose
expressionsinanyl anguageoranyot herwor dsinanylanguagecapabl e
ofbeingconst ruedasi ndicati
ngt hecar r
yingonoroper at i
onofsuch
busi
ness, i
nrelationtot hebusi nessoranypar tofthebusi nesscarri
ed
onbyt hatpersonormakeanyr epresentati
ont othatef f
ecti nanybill
head,letter
,paper ,notice,advertisementori nanyot hermanner .
(
2) Aper sonwhocontr
avenessubsect
ion(1)commitsanoffence
andi sli
able,onconvi
cti
on,t
oaf i
nenotexceedingonehundredsi xt
y
eightcurr
encypointsort
oimprisonmentnotexceedingsevenyearsor
toboth.
35. Renewal ofli
cence.
(1)A licensed cer t
if
icati
on ser vice pr
ov i
dershallsubmi tan
appli
cati
ontot heCont r
oll
erinsuchf or
m asmaybepr escr
ibedfort
he
renewalofi
tslicenceatleastthi
rt ydaysbeforethedateofexpiryoft
he
l
icenceandtheappl icati
onshal lbeaccompani edbysuchdocument s
andinfor
mationasmayber equiredbyt heControll
er.

(
2)Thepr
escr
ibedf
eeshal
lbepay
abl
euponappr
ovaloft
he
appl
i
cati
on.
(3) Whereal i
censed certi
fication ser vi
ce pr ov i
der has no
i
ntent i
on ofrenewing itsl i
cence,t he licensed cer t
if
ication serv
ice
providershal
l,
atleastthi
rtydaysbefor etheex pir
yoft helicence,publi
sh
theintenti
oninthecerti
fi
cationservi
cepr oviderdi
sclosurer ecordofthe
certi
ficat
ionservi
ceproviderconcernedandadv ert
isesuchi ntent
ionin
atleasttwoEnglishlanguagenational dailynewspaper sf oratleastfi
ve
consecutivedays.

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(4)Withoutprej
udicetoanyothergrounds,theControl
l
ermay
ref
usetorenewal i
cencewheret
her
equirementsofsubsect
ion(1)hav
e
notbeencompl i
edwith.

36. Lostl
i
cense.
(1)Whereacertif
icati
onserv
iceprov
iderhaslostit
sli
cense,i
t
shal
limmediat
elynot
if
yt heCont
rol
leri
nwri
ti
ngoftheloss.
(2) Thecerti
ficat
ionser
v i
cepr ov
idershall
,assoonaspr
acti
cabl
e,
submitanapplicat
ionf orar eplacementlicenseaccompani
edbyal l
suchinf
ormati
onanddocument sasmayber equi
redbytheContr
oll
er
toget
herwit
hthepr escri
bedfee.

37. Recogniti
onofotherl
icenses.
(1)The Cont rol
l
ermay r ecogni
se,by orderpubl ished i
nt he
Gazet
t e,cer
ti
fi
cati
onservi
cepr ovi
dersl
icensedorotherwiseauthori
sed
byentiti
esoutsi
deUgandat hatsati
sfyt
hepr escr
ibedrequirement
s.
(
2) Wher eal i
cense orotheraut
hor
isat
ion ofan ent
it
yis
r
ecognisedundersubsect
ion(1)
—
(
a) the recommended r eli
ance li
mit,i fany,speci fi
ed ina
certi
ficat
ei ssued by the certif
icati
on serv
ice pr ovi
der
l
icensedorot herwi
seauthori
sedbysuchanent ityshallhave
effectinthesamemannerasar ecommendedr elianceli
mit
specifiedinacer t
ifi
cateissuedbyacer ti
fi
cationser v
ice
providerofUganda;and
(
b) Par
tI V shallappl
yt ot he cer t
if
icates issued by the
cer
ti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprov
iderl
icensedorot her
wiseauthor
ised
bysuchenti
tyi
nthesamemannerasi tappli
estoacerti
fi
cate
i
ssuedbyacerti
fi
cati
onservi
cepr ovi
derofUganda.

38. Perf
ormanceaudit.
(1)Theoper at
ionsofacer ti
fi
cat
ion ser
v i
ceprovi
dershal
lbe
audi
tedaleastonceay eart
oev
aluatei
tscompliancewit
hthi
sAct.

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(2) Theauditshallbecarr
iedoutbyani
nter
nat
ional
lyr
ecogni
sed
comput ersecur
it
yprofessi
onaloracerti
fi
edpubl
icaccount
anthav
ing
exper
tiseintherel
evantfi
eld.

(
3)Thequali
fi
cat
ionsoft heaudi
torsandthepr
ocedureforan
audi
tshal
lbeasmaybeprescr
ibedbyregul
ati
onsmadeundert
hisAct
.

(4)TheControll
ershal
lmaintai
nandpublish,thedateandr
esul
tof
t
heauditi
nthecerti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprovi
derdisclosurerecor
dheorshe
mai
ntai
nsforthecerti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprovi
derconcer ned.

39. Activ
iti
esofcer
ti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprovi
der
s.
(1)A certi
fi
cati
on serv
ice pr
ovi
dershallonl
y car
ry on such
act
ivi
tiesasmaybespecifi
edinit
sli
cense.

(
2)Acert
ifi
cat
ionserv
icepr
ovi
dershal
lcar
ryonitsacti
vi
ti
esi
n
accor
dancewi
ththi
sActandanyr
egul
ati
onsmadeunderthi
sAct.

40. Requi
rementtodi
splaylicense.
Acerti
fi
cati
onserv
iceprovidershallatallt
imesdi
spl
ayit
slicensei
na
conspi
cuouspl
aceatit
spl aceofbusi nessandoni
tswebsi
te.

41. Requir
ementt osubmi tinfor
mati
ononbusi nessoper at
ions.
(1)A li
censedcer t
if
icationservi
cepr ov
idershallsubmi ttot he
Control
l
er such i nf
ormat ion and par t
icul
ars incl
udi ng financial
stat
ements,audited bal
ance sheet s and prof
itand l oss accounts
rel
ati
ngt oit
sent i
rebusinessoper ati
onsasmayber equiredbyt he
Control
l
erwithi
nthetimeheorshemaydet ermine.

(2)Apersonwhocont r
avenessubsecti
on( 1)commi t
sanof f
ence
andisli
abl
e,onconvict
ion,
toaf i
nenotexceedingt went
yfourcurr
ency
point
sorimpri
sonmentnotexceedingoneyearorbothandinthecaseof
acont i
nui
ngof f
enceshallinaddi ti
onbel i
abl
et o adailyfinenot
exceedi
ngtwocurrencypoi
ntsforeachdayt heoffenceconti
nues.

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42. Notif
icat
ionofchangeofi nfor
mation.
(1)A cer t
if
icat
ion servi
ce prov
idershal l,before maki
ng an
amendmentoral t
erati
ontoanyofi t
sconst i
tuentdocumentsorbefore
any change ini ts dir
ect
ororchi efexecut ive of
ficer
,furni
sh the
Contr
oll
erparticular
sinwriti
ngofanypr oposedamendment ,alt
erat
ion
orchange.
(2)A licensed certi
fi
cat
ion serv
ice pr
ov i
dershallimmediat
ely
not
ifytheCont r
ollerofanyamendmentoral t
erati
ontoanyinfor
mation
ordocumentwhi chhasbeenf ur
nishedtotheCont r
oll
erinconnect
ion
wit
ht hel
icence.

43. Useoftrustwor
thysyst
ems.
(1)A cert
if
icat
ionserv
icepr
ovi
dershal
lonl
yuseat
rust
wor
thy
syst
em—
(
a) t
oissue,
suspendorr
evokeacer
ti
fi
cat
e;
(
b) t
opubli
shorgiv
enoti
ceofthei
ssuance,
suspensi
onor
r
evocat
ionofacer
ti
fi
cat
e;and
(
c) t
ocr
eat
eapr
ivat
ekey
,whet
herf
ori
tsel
forf
orasubscr
iber
.
(
2)Asubscr
ibershal
lonl
yuseat
rust
wor
thysy
stem t
ocr
eat
ea
pr
ivat
ekey
.

44. Discl
osur
esoni nqui
ry.
(1)Acerti
fi
cati
onservicepr ov
idershall
,onani nquir
ybei
ngmade
toi tunderthis Act,disclose any mat eri
alcer ti
fi
cati
on practi
ce
stat
ementandanyf actmat eri
altoeithert
her el
i
abilit
yofacer t
ifi
cate,
whichithasi
ssuedoritsabili
tytoperformit
sservices.
(2)Acer t
if
icat
ionservi
cepr ov
idermayr equi
reasigned,writ
ten
andreasonablyspecif
ici
nquir
yf r
om anidenti
fi
edpersonandpayment
oftheprescr
ibedfee,ascondit
ionsprecedentt
oeffect
ingadiscl
osure
requi
redundersubsecti
on(1).

45. Prerequi
sit
estoissueofcert
if
icatetosubscriber
.
(1)A certi
fi
cat
ionserviceprovi
dermayi ssueacert
if
icat
etoa
subscri
berwherethefoll
owingcondit
ionsaresatisfi
ed—

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uresAct 2011
(
a) t
hecerti
fi
cat
ionser
viceprov
iderhasrecei
vedarequestf
or
i
ssuancesi
gnedbytheprospecti
vesubscr
iber
;and
(
b) t
hecer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
vicepr
ovi
derhasconf
ir
medt
hat
—
(
i) t
heprospect
ivesubscr
iberi
stheper
sont
obel
i
stedi
n
t
hecert
if
icat
etobeissued;
(
ii
) i
fthepr ospecti
vesubscriberisacti
ngt hr
oughoneor
moreagent s,thesubscriberhasdul yauthor
isedt he
agentoragent st ohavecust odyoft hesubscri
ber ’
s
pri
vat
ekeyand t or equestissuanceofacer t
if
icate
l
ist
ingthecorrespondi
ngpublickey;
(
ii
i)t
hei
nfor
mat
ioni
nthecer
ti
fi
cat
etobei
ssuedi
saccur
ate;
(
iv)theprospecti
vesubscr
iberr
ightf
ull
yholdsthepr
ivate
keycorrespondi
ngtothepubli
ckeyt obeli
stedi
nt he
cert
if
icate;
(
v) theprospect
ivesubscri
berholdsapr
ivat
ekeycapabl
eof
creat
ingadigit
alsignat
ure;and
(
vi)t
hepubli
ckeytobelist
edinthecer
ti
fi
cat
ecanbeusedto
ver
if
yadigi
talsi
gnatur
eaffi
xedbythepr
ivat
ekeyhel
dby
t
heprospecti
vesubscri
ber
.
(2)Therequi
rementsofsubsecti
on(1)shal
lnotbewai vedor
di
scl
aimedbyt
hecert
if
icat
ionser
vicepr
ovi
der
,thesubscr
iberorboth.

46. Publicati
onofissuedandaccept edcert
ifi
cate.
(1) Wher ethe subscr i
beraccept sthe issued cer
tif
icate,t he
cert
if
icat
ion servi
ce providershallpubl i
sh a signed copy oft he
cert
if
icat
ei nar ecognised reposi
tory,as the certi
fi
cat
ion ser vice
provi
derandt hesubscri
bernamedi nthecerti
fi
catemayagr ee,unlessa
contr
actbet weenthecer t
if
icati
onserviceprovi
derandt hesubscr iber
provi
desot herwi
se.
(2)Wher ethe subscr
iberdoes notacceptthe cer
ti
fi
cate,a
cert
if
icat
ionserv
iceprovi
dershallnotpubl
ishitorshallcancelit
s
publi
cati
onift
hecert
if
icat
ehasalr
eadybeenpubli
shed.

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47. Adopt i
onofmor eri
gorousrequi
rement spermi
tt
ed.
Nothinginsect ions31and32shal lprecl
udeacer ti
fi
cat
ionservi
ce
provider from conf orming t o standards, cer
ti
fi
cati
on practi
ce
statements,securit
yplansorcont r
actualrequi
rementsmoreri
gorous
than,butnev er
thel
essconsistentwi
th,thi
sAct.

48. Suspensi
onorr ev
ocationofcerti
fi
cateforf
ault
yissuance.
(1) Where aft
eri ssuing a cert
if
icat
e a certi
ficati
on service
prov
iderconf
ir
mst hatitwasnotissuedinaccordancewi thsecti
ons31
and32,thecert
if
icat
ionservicepr
ovidershal
limmediatelyrevokeit
.
(2)A certi
fi
cat
ion servi
ce provi
dermaysuspend a cert
if
icate
whichithasissuedforar easonableperi
odnotexceedi
ngfor
ty-
eight
hoursasmaybenecessar yf oraninvest
igat
iont
obecar r
iedoutt o
confi
rmthegroundsforarevocati
onundersubsect
ion(1)
.
(3)Thecert
if
icat
ionser
viceprov
idershal
limmedi
atel
ynot
if
ythe
subscri
berofar
evocat
ionorsuspensi
onunderthi
ssect
ion.

49. Suspensi
onorrevocati
onofcerti
fi
cat
ebyor der
.
(1)TheContr
oll
ermayor dert
hecerti
fi
cati
onserviceprov
iderto
suspendorrev
okeacer t
if
icat
ewheretheControl
lerdet
erminesthat
—

(
a) thecer
ti
fi
cat
ewasi
ssuedwi
thoutcompl
i
ancewi
thsect
ions
31and32;and
(
b) t
henon-compli
anceposesasignif
icantr
iskt
oper
sons
r
easonablyr
ely
ingonthecer
ti
ficat
e.
(2)Before making a deter
minati
on undersubsect
ion (1)
,the
Control
l
ershallgi
vet heli
censedcert
if
icati
onser
viceprov
iderandthe
subscri
berareasonableopport
uni
tyofbeinghear
d.

(3)Notwi
thstandingsubsect
ions(1)and(2),whereintheopinion
oftheContr
oll
erthereexist
sanemer gencythatrequi
resani mmediate
remedy,the Control
lermay ,afterconsultat
ion witht he Mini
ster
,
suspendacert
ifi
cateforaperiodnotexceedi
ngf or
ty-
eighthours.

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50. Warr
ant
iest
osubscriber
.
(
1)Byissui
ngacer t
ifi
cat
e,acert
if
icat
ionser
viceprov
ider
warr
antst
othesubscr
ibernamedinthecert
ifi
cat
ethat—
(
a) the cert
ifi
cat
e contains no i
nformat
ion known t
o t
he
cert
if
icat
ionserv
iceprovi
dert
obef al
se;
(
b) t
hecer
ti
fi
cat
esat
isf
iesal
lther
equi
rement
soft
hisAct
;and
(
c) t
hecert
if
icat
ionserv
icepr
oviderhasnotexceededanyl
i
mit
s
ofi
tsl
i
cencei ni
ssui
ngthecerti
fi
cat
e.

(
2)Acerti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprov
idershal
lnotdi
scl
aim orl
i
mitt
he
war
ranti
esundersubsect
ion(
1).

51. Continui
ngobligat
ionst
osubscriber
.
Unlessthesubscr
iberandcert
if
icat
ionservi
cepr
ov i
derother
wiseagr
ee,
acerti
fi
cationser
viceprovi
der,
byissuingacert
if
icate,
promisestot
he
subscri
ber—
(
a) to actpr omptl
yto suspend orr
evoke a cer
ti
fi
cat
ein
accordancewit
hPar
tIV;and
(
b) tonoti
fythesubscri
berwit
hinareasonableti
meofanyf acts
knownt othelicensedcerti
fi
cat
ionserviceprov
ider
,whi ch
signi
fi
cantl
yaffecttheval
i
dityorrel
iabi
l
ityofthecert
if
icate
onceitisi
ssued.

52. Represent
ationsuponissuance.
Byissui
ngacer tifi
cate,acert
ifi
cati
onser
vicepr
ovidercert
if
iestoal
l
whoreasonablyrelyonthei
nformati
oncont
ainedi
nthecerti
fi
catet
hat
—
(
a) t
hei
nfor
mati
oninthecert
if
icateandli
stedasconf i
rmedby
t
hel
i
censedcer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
v i
ceprov
iderisaccur
ate;
(
b) alli
nfor
mat i
onfor
eseeabl
eandmat eri
alt
othereli
abi
l
ityof
thecert
ifi
catei
sstatedorincor
por
atedbyref
erencewithi
n
thecert
if
icat
e;

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cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
c) t
hesubscr
iberhasaccept
edt
hecer
ti
fi
cat
e;and

(
d) the cer
ti
fi
cati
on ser
vice pr
ov i
derhas compli
ed wit
h al
l
appl
icabl
elawsgover
ningtheissueoft
hecert
if
icat
e.

52. Repr esentati

onsuponpubl i
cation.
Bypublishingacer ti
fi
cat
e,acerti
ficati
onserv
iceprovidercert
if
iestothe
reposit
oryinwhi chthecerti
fi
cateispubli
shedandt oallwhoreasonably
rel
yont hei nf
ormat i
oncont ai
nedi nthecerti
fi
catet hatthel i
censed
certi
fi
cati
onser viceprov
iderhasissuedthecert
if
icatetothesubscriber
.

54. Impli
edr epr
esentati
onsbysubscriber.
Byaccepti
ngacer t
if
icateissuedbyacer t
if
icat
ionser
viceprov
ider
,the
subscri
berl
istedinthecertif
icat
ecert
if
iestoallwhoreasonabl
yrel
yon
theinf
ormationcontainedinthecer
ti
fi
catet hat
—

(
a) t
hesubscr
iberr
ight
full
yholdst
hepr i
vatekeycor
respondi
ng
t
othepubl
ickeyli
stedint
hecert
if
icate;

(
b) al
lrepresent
ati
onsmadebyt
hesubscri
bert
othecert
if
icat
ion
ser
v i
cepr ov
iderandmater
ialt
oinformat
ionli
stedint he
cer
tif
icatear
et r
ue;
and
(
c) allmaterialrepr
esentati
onsmadebyt hesubscribertoa
cert
if
icati
onser v
iceproviderormadei nt
hecer t
if
icateand
notconfir
medbyt hecerti
fi
cati
onser
viceprov
iderinissui
ng
thecerti
fi
catearetrue.

55. Repr esent

ationsbyagentofsubscr i
ber .
Byr equesti
ngonbehal fofapr i
nci
palthei ssueofacer ti
fi
catenaming
the princi
palassubscr iber
,the requesting person cer
tif
iesinthat
person’s own rightt o allwho reasonabl yr el
yon t he i
nfor
mation
containedinthecer t
if
icatethatt
her equestingperson—
(
a) hol
dsallaut
hor
it
ylegal
l
yrequi
redtoapplyforissuanceofa
cer
ti
fi
catenami
ngthepri
nci
palassubscr
iber;
and

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
b) hasauthor
it
ytosi gndigi
tal
l
yonbehal foft
hepri
ncipal
,and,if
thataut
hori
tyisli
mitedinanyway,adequatesaf
eguardsexist
topreventadi gi
talsi
gnatureexceedingtheboundsoft he
person’
sauthorit
y.
56. Di scl
aimerorindemnityli
mited.
Aper sonshallnotdisclai
m orcont r
actuall
ylimittheappl
i
cati
onoft hi
s
part,norobtai
ni ndemnityfori
tsef f
ects,ifthedisclai
mer
,li
mitat
ionor
i
ndemni t
yrestr
ictsli
abili
tyformi srepresentat
ionasagainstpersons
reasonablyrel
yingont hecert
if
icate.

57. Indemnif
icat
ionofcerti
fi
cati
onservi
cepr ovi
derbysubscriber
.
(1)Byacceptingacert
ifi
cat
e,asubscriberundert
akestoindemni
fy
thei
ssuingli
censedcert
if
icati
onservi
ceprov i
derforanylossordamage
causedbyissueorpubli
cationofthecer
ti
ficateinrel
ianceon—
(
a) afal
seandmat
eri
alr
epr
esent
ati
onoff
actbyt
hesubscr
iber
;
or
(
b) t
hef ai
l
urebythesubscri
bertodiscloseamat eri
alf
act,
ifthe
r
epresentat
ionorfai
lur
et odisclosewasmadeei t
herwith
i
ntenttodecei
vethecert
if
icat
ionserv i
ceprovi
deroraperson
r
elyi
ngont hecer
ti
fi
cateorwithnegligence.
(
2)Wher ethecer
ti
fi
cationserv
iceprovi
derissuedt hecert
if
icateat
therequestofoneormoreagent softhesubscr
iber,theagentoragent s
personal
lyunder t
aketoi ndemnif
yt hecerti
fi
cat i
on serviceprovider
underthissecti
on,asiftheywer eaccepti
ngsubscr ibersintheirown
ri
ght.
(3) Theindemnit
yprovi
dedint
hissect
ionshal
lnotbedi
scl
aimed
orcontr
actual
l
ylimit
edinscope.

58. Certi
fi
cati
onofaccur acyofinfor
mat i
ongi ven.
Whenobt ai
ninginformati
onf r
om asubscr iberwhichismateri
altothe
i
ssueofacer t
if
icate,t
hecertif
icat
ionservicepr ov
idermayrequi
rethe
subscr
ibertocerti
fytheaccuracyoftherelevantinfor
mati
onunderoath
oraff
ir
mat i
on.

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cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
59. Dutyofsubscri
bert okeeppr i
vatekeysecure.
Byacceptingacerti
ficateissuedbyacer ti
fi
cat
ionserviceprovi
der,t
he
subscri
bernamed i nt he certi
fi
cate assumes a dut yto exerci
se
reasonabl
ecar etor etaincontrolofthepr i
vatekeyandpr eventit
s
discl
osuretoanypersonnotaut hori
sedtocreat
et hesubscr
iber’
sdigi
tal
signat
ure.
60. Propert
yinpri
vat
ekey .
Aprivatekeyisthepersonalpr
oper
tyoft
hesubscr
iberwhor
ight
ful
l
y
hol
dsi t
.

61. Fi duci
arydutyofacer t
ifi
cationser vi
ceprovider
.
Wher e a cer ti
fi
cati
on ser vice pr ov i
der holds t he pr i
vat
e key
correspondingt oapubl i
ckeyl i
stedinacer ti
fi
catewhi chithasissued,
thecer ti
fi
cati
onser v
icepr ov i
dershal l holdtheprivat
ekeyasaf i
duciary
ofthesubscr ibernamedi nt hecer ti
ficateandmayuset hatpri
vatekey
onlywi ththesubscr i
ber’spr iorwr it
tenappr oval,unl
esst hesubscriber
expressly and i n writi
ng gr antst he pr i
vat
e key t ot he li
censed
cert
ificati
onser vi
cepr oviderandexpr essl
yandi nwriti
ngpermitst he
l
icensedcer ti
ficat
ionser vicepr ovidert oholdthepr i
vatekeyaccor ding
toot herter
ms.
62. Suspensionofcerti
ficatebycertifi
cati
onser v
iceprovi
der.
(1)Unlesst hecerti
ficati
onser viceproviderandt hesubscri
ber
agr
eeot her
wise,thel
icensedcer t
if
icationserv
iceprovider
,whichi
ssued
acert
ifi
cate,whichisnotat r
ansactionalcert
ifi
cate,shal
lsuspendthe
cer
ti
fi
cat ef
oraper i
odnotexceedi ngf ort
y-ei
ghthours—
(
a) uponrequestbyapersoni
denti
fyi
nghi mselfasthesubscr i
ber
namedi nthecert
if
icat
eorasaper soninaposi t
ionlikelyto
know ofacompr omiseoft hesecur it
yofasubscr iber’
s
pri
vat
ekey ,suchasanagent,businessassociate,empl oyee
ormemberoft heimmediat
efamilyoft hesubscri
ber;or
(
b) byor
deroft
heCont
rol
l
erundersect
ion35.
(2) The cert
if
icat
ion serv
ice pr
ovi
der shal
ltake r
easonable
measurest ocheckt heident
it
yoragencyoft hepersonrequest
ing
suspensi
on.
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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
63. Suspensionofcerti
fi
cat
ebyCont r
oll
er.
(1)Unlessthecerti
fi
cat
eprov i
desot
herwi
seorthecer ti
fi
cat
ei sa
tr
ansacti
onalcert
if
icat
e,theContr
oll
ermaysuspendacer t
if
icat
eissued
byacerti
fi
cationservi
ceprovi
derforaper
iodoffor
ty-
eighthours,
if—
(
a)a per
son ident
ify
ing himselforhersel
fas the subscr
iber
namedi nthecertif
icat
eorasanagent ,busi
nessassoci
at e,
employee ormemberof t he i
mmediatef ami
ly of the
subscri
berrequestssuspensi
on;and

(
b) t
herequest
err
epr
esentsthatthecer
ti
ficati
onser
vicepr
ovi
der
,
whi
chissuedt
hecert
if
icate,
isunavai
lable.

(2)TheCont roll
ermayr equi
ret hepersonrequest
ingsuspensi
on
toprovideev idence,incl
udingast atementunderoat horaffi
rmati
on
regar
dinghi sorheri dent
ityandaut hori
sat
ionandt heunav
ail
abil
it
yof
theissuinglicensedcer t
if
icat
ionser vi
ceprovi
derandmaydecl i
neto
suspendt hecertif
icat
einhisorherdi scr
eti
on.

(
3) The Controll
er or ot
her l
aw enfor
cement agency may
i
nvest
igat
esuspensionsbytheControl
lerf
orpossi
blewrongdoi
ngby
per
sonsrequest
ingsuspensi
on.

64. Noticeofsuspension.
(1)Uponsuspensi onofacer t
if
icat
ebyacer t
if
icat
ionservi
ce
prov
ider
,t hecer
tif
icat
ionservi
cepr ov
idershallpubl
i
shasi gnednoti
ce
ofthesuspensi on inther eposi
toryspecif
ied inthecer t
if
icat
efor
publ
icat
ionofnot i
ceofsuspension.

(2) Wher eoneormorer

eposit
ori
esar
especi
fi
ed,t
hecert
ifi
cat
ion
servi
cepr ov
idershal
lpubl
i
shsignednoti
cesofthesuspensi
oninall
thosereposi
tori
es.

(
3)Wher eanyreposi
tor
yspeci
fiednol ongerexist
sorrefusesto
acceptpubli
cati
onorifnosuchreposit
oryisrecognisedundersect
ion
69t hecerti
fi
cat
ionservi
ceprov
idershallal
sopubl i
sht henoti
ceina
recognisedr
eposit
ory.

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(4)Wher e a cert
if
icat
ei s suspended by t
he Contr
oll
er,the
Controll
ershallgivenoti
ceasr equir
edinthi
ssecti
onforacerti
fi
cat
ion
ser
vicepr oviderifthepersonrequesti
ngsuspensi
onpay sinadvance
anypr escr
ibedf eerequi
redbyar eposi
tor
yforpubl
icat
ionofthenoti
ce
ofsuspension.
65. Terminati
onofsuspensionini
ti
atedbyr
equest
.
Acer t
if
icat
ionser
vicepr
ovidershal
ltermi
nat
easuspensi
oni
nit
iat
edby
request—
(
a) wheret hesubscribernamedi nt hesuspendedcer t
if
icate
requests ter
mination of t he suspension, only ift he
certi
fi
cati
onservi
cepr oviderhasconf i
rmedt hattheper son
requesti
ngsuspensi onisthesubscr i
beroranagentoft he
subscri
berauthor
isedt oterminat
et hesuspension;or
(
b) wherethel i
censedcert
if
icat
ionservi
ceprovi
derdi
scov
ers
andconfi
rmst hatther
equestfort
hesuspensi
onwasmade
wit
houtauthori
sati
onbythesubscr
iber
.

66. Alternat
econtractualprocedures.
(
1) The cont r
act bet ween a subscr i
ber and a l i
censed
certi
fi
cati
on ser vi
ce pr ovi
der may l i
mit or pr ecl
ude r
equested
suspension by the cer t
if
icati
on ser v
ice provi
derormay pr ovi
de
otherwiseforter
minati
onofar equestedsuspension.
(2)Wher ethecont r
actlimitsorprecludessuspensi
onbyt he
Control
lerwhent heissui
nglicensedcert
if
icati
onservi
ceprovi
deris
unavail
able,t
heli
mitat
ionorpreclusi
onshal
lbeef f
ect
iveonl
yifnot
ice
ofiti
spubl i
shedi
nthecerti
fi
cate.

67. Eff
ectofsuspensionofcert
if
icat
e.
Nothi
ngi nthi
sPar tshal
lrel
easet hesubscr
iberf
rom t
hedutyunder
secti
on 47 to keep the pr
ivat
e key secur
e whil
e a cer
ti
fi
cat
ei s
suspended.

68. Revocat
iononr equest
.
(1)A licensed certi
fi
cat
ion ser
vice provi
dershallrevoke a
cer
ti
fi
cate,whichiti
ssuedbutwhichisnotatransact
ional
cer
ti
fi
cate—

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(
a) uponrecei
vi
ngar equestf
orr
evocat
ionbyt
hesubscr
iber
namedinthecer
ti
fi
cate;
and

(
b) uponconfir
mingthattheper
sonrequest
ingrev
ocat
ionisthat
subscri
berorisanagentofthatsubscr
iberwi
thauthor
it
yto
requestt
herevocat
ion.

(
2)A certi
fi
cati
onservicepr ovi
dershallconfirm ar equestf or
revocati
on and r
evoke a cert
if
icate wi
thin one business dayaf ter
recei
vingbothasubscri
ber’swrit
tenrequestandev idencer easonably
suffi
cientt
oconfi
rmtheidenti
tyofthepersonrequestingtherevocati
on
oroftheagent.

69. Revocat
iononsubscri
ber’
sdemi se.
Ali
censedcerti
fi
cat
ionser
viceprov
idershal
lrev
okeacer
ti
fi
cat
ewhi
chi
t
i
ssued—

(
a) uponr ecei
ving acer
ti
fi
ed copyoft
hesubscri
ber
’sdeath
cert
if
icateoruponconf i
rmingbyot
herev
idencethatthe
subscri
berisdead;
or

(
b) uponpresentat
ionofdocumentseffect
ingadi
ssoluti
onoft
he
subscr
iberoruponconf i
rmingbyot herevi
dencet hatt
he
subscr
iberhasbeendissolvedorhasceasedt
oexi st
.

70. Rev ocati

onofunreliablecerti
fi
cates.
(1)A li
censedcer t
ifi
cationservicepr ovi
dermayr evokeoneor
mor ecer t
if
icates,whi
chi tissuedift hecer t
if
icat
esar eorbecome
unreli
abler egardl
ess ofwhet hert he subscriberconsent stot he
revocati
on and not wi
thstanding anypr ovisi
on tot he contr
aryi
na
contractbetweent hesubscr i
berandt helicensedcer t
if
icat
ionser
vice
provider.

(2)Nothi
nginsubsection(1)shal lpr
eventthesubscr
iberf
rom
seeki
ngdamagesorotherrel
iefagainstt
heli
censedcer
ti
fi
cati
onser
vice
provi
deri
ntheeventofwrongfulrev
ocation.

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
71. Noticeofrevocation.
(1)Uponr evocationofacer tif
icatebyal icensedcert
if
icat
ion
ser
viceprov i
der,t
helicensedcert
if
icationservi
ceprovi
dershal
lpubl
ish
asignednot i
ceoft her evocat
ionint hereposi
toryspeci
fi
edi nthe
cer
ti
ficat
ef orpubli
cationofnoti
ceofr evocat
ion.
(2)Wher eoneormor ereposi
tor
iesarespeci
fi
ed,theli
censed
cert
if
icati
on ser
vice prov
idershallpubl
ish si
gned not
ices ofthe
rev
ocationinal
lsuchreposit
ori
es.
(3)Wher eanyreposit
oryspecif
iednol ongerexist
sorrefusesto
acceptpubli
cati
onorifnosuchrepositor
yisr ecogni
sedundersecti
on
69,thelicensedcerti
fi
cati
onserviceprovidershallalsopublishthe
noti
ceinar ecogni
sedreposi
tor
y.

72. Effectofr
evocati
onrequestonsubscr i
ber.
Whereasubscr i
berhasrequest
edf ortherevocati
onofacert
if
icate,
the
subscri
berceasestocerti
fyaspr ovidedinPar tI
Vandhasnof urt
her
dutytokeepthepri
vatekeysecureasr equir
edundersect
ion59—
(
a) whennoti
ceofther
evocat
ioni
spubl
i
shedasr
equi
redunder
sect
ion71;or
(
b) wheref ort
yeighthour shav elapsed afterthesubscriber
request
sf ort
herevocati
oni nwrit
ing,suppli
estotheissuing
l
icensedcerti
fi
cati
onserviceprovi
derinfor
mat i
onreasonably
suffi
ci
enttoconfi
rmt herequestandpay sanyprescri
bedfee,
whicheveroccur
sfirst
.

73. Ef f
ectofnot i
fi
cationoncer
ti
ficati
onserviceprov
ider.
Uponnot if
icationasr equir
edundersection71,acer ti
fi
cati
onservi
ce
providershallbedi schargedofit
swar r
ant
iesbasedoni ssueofthe
revokedcerti
ficateandceasestocer t
if
yaspr ovidedi
nsections22and
24inr el
ati
ont other ev
okedcert
if
icate.

74. Expir
ati
onofcer
ti
fi
cat
e.
(1)Thedateofexpir
yofacer
ti
fi
cat
eshal
lbespeci
fi
edi
nthe
cer
ti
ficat
e.

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ect
roni
cSi
gnat
uresAct 2011
(2)Acert
if
icat
emaybei ssuedf
oraper
iodnotexceedi
ngt
hree
y
ear
sf r
om t
hedateofi
ssue.
(
3) When a certi
fi
cate expi
res,t he subscri
berand l i
censed
certi
fi
cationser
vicepr
ovidershal
lceaset ocer ti
fyasprovidedunder
this Actand the li
censed cert
if
icati
on service prov
idershallbe
discharged ofi
tsduti
esbased oni ssueinr elati
ontot heexpired
certi
fi
cate.
(4)Theexpi r
yofacer t
if
icateshal lnotaff
ectt hedut
iesand
obl
igati
onsofthesubscri
berandlicensedcerti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprov
ider
i
ncurredunderandinr
elat
iontotheexpi r
edcerti
fi
cate.

75. Reli
ancelimit
.
(1)Alicensedcert
if
icati
onserv
iceprov
idershal
l
,whenissui
nga
cer
ti
fi
catetoasubscr i
ber,speci
fyarecommendedrel
iancel
i
mitinthe
cer
ti
fi
cate.
(
2) The l
icensed cert
if
icati
on ser
vice provi
der may speci
fy
di
ff
erentl
i
mitsi
ndi f
fer
entcert
ifi
catesasi
tconsider
sfit
.

76. Liabil
it
ylimitsforcert
ifi
cat
ionser
viceprovi
ders.
Unlessalicensedcer t
if
icat
ionservi
cepr
ov i
derwaiv
est heappl
i
cat
ionof
thi
ssection,alicensedcerti
fi
cati
onservi
ceprovi
der—
(
a) shal
lnotbeliabl
eforanyl osscausedbyr el
ianceonaf al
seor
for
geddigit
al si
gnatureofasubscriber,
if,wit
hrespecttothe
fal
seorf orgeddi gi
talsignatur
e,thel i
censedcer ti
fi
cati
on
serv
iceprovi
dercompl iedwiththerequi
rement softhi
sAct ;
(
b) shal
lnotbeli
abl
einexcessoftheamountspeci
fiedint
he
cert
if
icat
easi
tsr
ecommendedreli
ancel
i
mitforei
ther—
(
i)alosscausedbyr elianceonami srepr
esentat
ioninthe
cer
ti
ficat
eofanyf actt hatt
hel i
censed cer
tif
icat
ion
ser
viceprov
ideri
sr equiredtoconfi
rm;or
(
ii
)fai
l
uret
ocompl
ywi
thsect
ions31and32whenissui
ng
thecer
ti
fi
cate.

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77. Recognit
ionofreposit
ori
es.
(1)TheCont rol
lermayrecogni
seoneormor ereposi
tori
es,af
ter
deter
mining that a r eposi
tor
yt o be recogni
sed satisf
ies t
he
requi
rementsprescri
bedintheregul
ati
onsmadeunderthi
sAct.

(
2)Thepr oceduref
orrecogni
ti
on ofreposi
tor
iesshal
lbeas
pr
escri
bedbyr
egulati
onsmadeundert
hisAct
.

(
3)TheContr
oll
ershal
lpubl
ishal
i
stofrecogni
sedr
eposi
tor
iesi
n
suchf
orm andmannerasheorshemaydet
ermine.

78. Li abil
ityofr eposi t
ori
es.
(1)Not wi thstandinganydi scl
aimerbyt herepositoryoracont ract
tot hecont rarybet weent her epositoryandal icensedcer ti
fi
cation
servicepr ov i
derorasubscr iber,areposi toryshallbel i
ablef oraloss
i
ncur redbyaper sonr easonabl yrelyingonanel ectronicsi gnature
veri
fiedbyt hepubl i
ckeyl i
stedi nasuspendedorr evokedcer tif
icat
e, i
f
l
osswasi ncur r
edmor ethanonebusi nessdayaf t
err eceiptbyt he
reposi t
oryofar equestt opubl i
shnoticeoft hesuspensionorr evocation
andt hereposi tor yhadf ail
edt opubl isht henot i
cewhent heper son
rel
iedont hedi gitalsignat
ure.

(
2)Unless wai
ved,a recogni
sed r
eposi
tor
y ort
he owneror
oper
atorofar
ecogni
sedreposi
tor
y—

(
a) shal
lnotbe l i
ablef orfail
uretor ecor
d publi
cat
ion ofa
suspensi
onorrevocation,
unlessthereposi
tor
yhasr ecei
ved
noti
ceofpubl
icati
onandonebusi nessdayhaselapsedsince
thenoti
cewasreceived;

(
b) shallnotbeli
ableundersubsect
ion(1)inexcessofthe
amountspecifi
ed i
nthe cer
ti
fi
cate asthe r
ecommended
rel
iancel
imi
t;

(
c) shal
lnotbe liabl
ef ormi sr
epresent
ati
on in a cer
ti
fi
cat
e
publ
ishedbyacert
if
icat
ionservi
ceprovi
der;
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(
d) shallnotbe liablef oraccuratelyrecordi
ng orr eport
ing
i
nformationwhichal icensedcerti
fi
cati
onserviceprovi
der,a
courtortheControll
erhaspublishedasrequir
edorper mit
ted
underthisAct
,includi
ngi nf
ormationaboutthesuspensionor
revocat
ionofacer ti
fi
cate;and
(
e) shal
lnot be l i
ablef or reporti
ng i nfor
mation about a
cert
ifi
cat
ionser
viceprovi
der,acer ti
fi
cat eorasubscr i
ber,i
f
theinfor
mati
onispublishedasr equiredorper mi tt
edunder
thi
sActori spubl i
shedbyor deroft heCont rol
leri
nt he
perf
ormanceofhi sorherl i
censingandr egulatorydut
ies
underthi
sAct.

79. Recognit
ionofdat eort
imestampservi
ces.
(1)TheCont r
oll
ermayrecogni
seoneormor edateorti
mestamp
servi
ces,
afterdetermini
ngthataservi
cetoberecogni
sedsati
sfi
est
he
requi
rementsprescri
bedintheregul
ati
onsmadeunderthisAct.
(2)Thepr
ocedureforrecogni
singofdateort
imestampservi
ces
shal
lbeasmaybepr escr
ibedbyregulat
ionsmadeundert
hisAct
.
(
3)TheCont r
oll
ershal
lpubl
i
shal i
stofr
ecogni
seddateort
ime
st
ampser
vicesi
naf or
m andmannerashemaydeter
mine.

PARTV—MI
SCELLANEOUS

80. Pr ohi
bit
ionagainstdangerousactivi
ti
es
(1)Acer ti
fi
cat
ionser vi
ceprovider
,whet herli
censedornot ,shall
notconducti t
sbusinessi namannert hatcreatesanunr easonabl
er i
sk
ofl osst othe subscr i
bersoft he cert
ifi
cation ser
vice provi
der,to
persons rel
y i
ng on cer t
ifi
cat
es issued by the certi
ficat
ion servi
ce
providerortoarepository.
(
2)The Cont rol
lermay publ ish i
n one ormor er ecognised
reposit
ori
esbri
efstatementsadv i
singsubscri
ber
s,personsrely
ingon
digi
talsi
gnat
uresandr eposi
tori
esaboutanyactiv
iti
esofacerti
ficat
ion
servi
ceprovi
der,whetherli
censedornot,whichcreat
ear i
skprohibi
ted
undersubsect
ion(1).

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(3)Thecer
ti
fi
cat
ionservi
ceprov
idernamedinast at
ementas
cr
eati
ngorcausi
ngari
skmaypr ot
estt
hepubli
cat
ionoft
hestat
ement
byfi
l
ingabri
efwri
tt
endefence.

(4) On recei
ptofa protestmade undersubsecti
on (3),the
Control
l
ershallpubl
ishawr
it
tendefencet
ogetherwit
htheControll
er’
s
stat
ementand shal limmediat
ely gi
vethe prot
esti
ng cer
ti
ficat
ion
serv
iceprov
idernoti
ceandareasonabl
eoppor
tunit
yofbei
nghear d.

(5)Where,aft
erahear ing,theCont
rol
lerdet
ermi
nesthatthe
publ
icat
ionoftheadvi
sorystatementwasunwarr
ant
ed,t
heContr
oll
er
shal
lrevoket
headvi
sorystat
ement .

(6)Where,aft
eraheari
ng,theContr
oll
erdeter
minesthatt he
advi
soryst
atementisnol
ongerwarr
ant
ed,theCont
rol
lershal
lrev
oke
theadvi
sor
ystatement
.

(7)Where,afterahear ing,theControll
erdeterminesthatthe
advi
soryst
atementr emainswar r
anted,t
heCont r
oll
ermaycont i
nueor
amendt headvisor
yst atementandmayt akef ur
therlegalact
ionto
el
iminat
eorreducether i
skprohibi
tedundersubsecti
on(1).

(8)TheCont
rol
l
ershal
lpubl
i
shhi
sdeci
sionundersubsect
ion(5)
,
(
6)or(7)
,ast
hecasemaybe,i
noneormor
erecogni
sedreposit
ori
es.

81. Obli
gati
onofconf idential
it
y
(1)Exceptforthepur poseofthisActorforanyprosecut
ionforan
off
enceunderanywr it
tenl aworunderanor derofcourt
,apersonunder
anypowersconf err
edundert hisAct,shallnotobtainaccesstoany
el
ectr
onic record, book, r egist
er, cor
respondence, inf
ormation,
document,othermateri
al orgrantaccesstoanyotherperson.

(2) A person who contrav

enes subsecti
on (1)commi t
s an
offenceandisli
able,onconvi
cti
on,toaf
inenotexceedingonehundr
ed
twentycurrencypointsori
mpr i
sonmentforat er
m notexceedi
ngfi
ve
yearsorboth.

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82. Falsei nf
ormation.
Aper sonwhoknowi nglymakes,oral
lyorinwri
ti
ng,si
gnsorf urnishes
anydecl arati
on,return,certi
fi
cateorotherdocumentorinfor mation
requi
redundert hisActwhi chisfal
seormisl
eadi
nginanypart
icularway
commi tsanof fenceandi sli
able,onconvi
cti
on,
toaf i
nenotex ceeding
onehundr edandt went ycurr
encypointsori
mpri
sonmentforat erm not
exceedingf i
veyearsorbot h.

83. Of f
encesbybodycor por
ate.
(
1)Wher eabodycor porat
ecommi t
sanof fenceunderthisAct,a
personwhoatt heti
meoft hecommissi
onoftheof f
enceisadi r
ector
,
manager ,secr
etaryorothersimil
arof
fi
ceroft
hebodycor por
ateorwas
purporti
ngt oacti
nt hatcapacit
yorwasinanymannerort oanyextent
responsibl
ef orthemanagementofanyoft heaf fai
rsoft hebody
corporateorwasassi st
inginsuchmanagement —

(
a) maybechargedsev
erall
yorjoi
ntl
yint
hesamepr
oceedi
ngs
wi
ththebodycor
porat
e;and

(
b) wheret
hebodycor por
ateisconvi
ctedoftheoff
ence,sucha
per
sonshallbedeemedtohavecommi tt
edanoffenceunless,
havi
ngregar
dt othenatureofhisfunct
ionsi
nthatcapacity
andtoal
lcir
cumstances,heprov
es—

(
i) thatt
heoffencewascommitt
edwi
thouthi
sknowl
edge,
consentorconni
vance;
and

(
ii
) that he took al
lreasonabl
e precaut
ions and had
exerci
sedduedi l
i
gencetopreventthecommi ssi
onof
theoffence.

(
2)Wher eapersoni sliableunderthisActt oapuni shmentor
penalt
yforanyact,
omi ssi
on,neglectordef
ault,
heorshei sli
abl
etothe
samepuni shmentorpenal t
yf oreverysuchact,omission,negl
ector
defaul
tofanyemployeeoragentofhi soroftheemployeeofsuchagent
,
i
ftheact,omissi
on,neglectordefaultwascommi t
ted—
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(
a) byhi
sempl
oyeei
nthecour
seofhi
sempl
oyment
;
(
b) byt
heagentwhenact
ingonhi
sbehal
f;or
(
c) by the empl
oyee ofsuch agentint he cour
se ofhi
s
employmentbysuchagentorot her
wiseonbehalfoft
he
agent.

84. Aut
horisedof
fi
cer
.
Anauthori
sedoffi
cermayexer
ciset
hepower
sofenf
orcementunder
thi
sAct.

85. Powertoinvesti
gate.
(1) TheCont r
oll
ermayinvest
igatetheact
ivi
ti
esofacer
ti
fi
cat
ion
ser
vicepr
ovidermaterialt
oit
scompl i
ancewitht
hisAct.
(2)Fort
hepurposesofsubsecti
on(1)
,theCont
rol
lermayissue
order
stoacerti
fi
cat
ionser
vicepr
ovidert
ofurt
heri
tsi
nvesti
gat
ionand
secur
ecompli
ancewi t
hthi
sAct.
(3)Furt
her,i
nanycaser el
ati
ngtothecommi ssionofanof fence
underthi
sAct,anyaut hor
isedoffi
cercarr
yingonani nvesti
gat
ionmay
exer
cise al
lorany oft he specialpower sinr elati
on to poli
ce
i
nvesti
gati
oninallcasesgivenbytheCriminalPr
ocedur eCode.

86. Sear chbywar rant

.
(
1)I fi
tappear stoaMagi strate,uponwr i
tt
eni nformationonoat h
andaf t
ersuchi nquiryasheorsheconsi dersnecessar y,thatther eis
reasonablecauset obeliev
et hatanof fenceundert hisActisbei ngor
hasbeencommi t
tedonanypr emi ses,t heMagi st r
atemayi ssuea
warrantauthori
singanypoliceofficernotbel owt her ankofInspect oror
anyaut hori
sedof f
icernamedi nt hewar rant,t
oent ert hepr emisesat
anyreasonabletimebydayorbyni ght,withorwi t
houtassi stanceandi f
needbebyf or
ce, t
osearchf orandsei ze—
(
a) copiesofanybooks, accountsorotherdocuments,i
ncludi
ng
computerized data, which contain or ar e reasonabl
y
suspected to contai
ni nfor
mation as to anyof f
ence so
suspectedtohav ebeencommi tt
ed;

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(
b) anysignboard,car
d,l
ett
er,pamphlet
,leaf
let,not
iceorother
devi
cerepresenti
ngorimplyi
ngthatthepersonisalicensed
cer
ti
fi
cationservi
cepr
ovider;
and

(
c) any otherdocument,arti
cle ori
tem thati
sr easonably
bel
ieved t
of ur
nish ev
idence oft
he commissi
on oft hat
off
ence.

(
2)Apoli
ceoffi
ceroranauthori
sedoffi
cerconducti
ngasear ch
undersubsect
ion(1)may,ifinhisorheropi ni
onitisr easonabl
y
necessar
ytodosof orthepurposeofinvest
igati
ngint
ot heoffence,
searchanyper
sonwhoisinoronthosepremises.

(
3)Apol i
ceof f
iceroranauthori
sedof fi
cermaki ngasear chofa
personundersubsection(2)maysei
ze, det
ainortakepossessi onofany
book,accounts,document ,computer
iseddata,car d,let
ter,pamphlet
,
l
eaflet
,noti
ce,dev i
ce,ar ti
cleorit
em f oundont hatper sonf orthe
purposeoftheinvesti
gati
onbeingcarri
edoutbyt hatof fi
cer.

(4)A femal
epersonshal
lnotbesear
chedundert
hissect
ion
exceptbyanot
herf
emaleper
son.

(
5)Wher e,byr eason ofi t
snat ure,sizeoramount ,itisnot
practi
cabl et
or emov eanybook,account s,document ,comput erised
data,signboard,card,letter
,pamphlet,leaf
let
,not i
ce,device,art
icl
eor
i
tem sei zedunderthissect i
on,theseizingofficershal
l,byanymeans,
sealthatbook,account s,document,comput er
iseddata,signboard,card,
l
etter,pamphlet,l
eaflet,noti
ce,devi
ce,arti
cleoritem i
nt hepremisesor
containerinwhichitisf ound.

(6)Apersonwho, wit
houtl
awful aut
hori
ty,
breaks,tamperswit
hor
damagest hesealrefer
redtoinsubsection(5)orr emov esanybook,
accounts,document,comput eri
sed dat a,signboard,card,lett
er,
pamphlet,
leaf
let
,noti
ce,devi
ce,
arti
cleoritemunderseal orat
tempt
sto
dosocommi t
sanof f
ence.

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87. Sear chandsei zurewithoutwar r
ant.
Ifa police off
icernotbel ow t he rankofI nspect orin anyoft he
cir
cumst ancesreferredtoinsection86hasr easonabl ecauset obelieve
thatbyreasonofdel ayinobtai
ningasear chwar rantundert hatsection
the i
nvest i
gat
ion woul d be adv erselyaffected orev i
dence oft he
commi ssionofanof fencei slikelytobet amper edwi th,remov ed,
damagedordest royed,thatoff
icermayent erthepremi sesandexer cise
i
n,uponandi nr espectoft hepr emisesallthepower sreferr
edt oi n
secti
on86i nasf ullandampl eamannerasi fheorshewer eauthori
sed
todosobyawar rantissuedundert hatsecti
on.

88. Accesstocomput eri

seddata.
(1)Apol i
ceof f
icerconducti
ngasearchundersect
ion86or87
shal
lbegi v
enunlimit
edaccesst ocomput
eri
seddatawhet
herst
oredi
n
acomput erorother
wise.

(2)Fort hepurposesoft hi
ssecti
on,“
access”incl
udesbei
ng
provi
dedwi t
ht henecessarypasswor
d,encr
ypti
oncode,decry
pti
on
code,soft
wareorhar dwareandanyothermeansrequir
edtoenabl
e
comprehensi
onofcomput eri
seddat
a.

89. Listofthingsseized.
(1)Exceptas pr ov i
ded in subsecti
on ( 2)
,wher e any book,
accounts,document ,comput eri
sed data,si gnboard,card,lett
er,
pamphl et
,leafl
et,noti
ce,dev i
ce,art
icl
eoritem isseizedundersecti
on
86or87, theseizingofficershal
lpreparealistofthethingssei
zedand
i
mmedi at
elydel i
veracopyoft hel i
stsignedbyhi m orhert othe
occupieroft hepr emiseswhi chhav ebeensear chedort ohisorher
agentorser vant
,atthosepr emises.

(
2)Wheret hepremisesareunoccupi
ed,thesei
zi
ngoffi
cershal
l
postali
stoft
hingsseizedconspi
cuousl
yont hepr
emisesandleav
ea
copywit
hthel
ocal aut
hori
ti
es.

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90. Obstr
uctionofaut hori
sedoff
icer
.
Apersonwhoobst ruct
s,impedes,
assaul
tsori
nterf
eresinanywaywith
anyauthor
isedof f
iceri
nt heper
for
manceofhisfuncti
onsundert
hisAct
commitsanof fence.

91. Addit
ional
powers.
Anauthori
sedoffi
cermay,f
orthepur
posesoft
heexecut
ionoft
hisAct
,
todoalloranyofthef
oll
owing—
(
a) requi
retheproduct
ionofrecords,account
s,computer
ised
dataanddocumentskeptbyal icensedcer
ti
fi
cat
ionser
v i
ce
provi
derandt
oinspect
,examineandcopyanyofthem;
(
b) requi
ret
heproduct
ionofanyi
dent
ifi
cat
iondocumentfr
om a
personi
nrel
ati
ontoanycaseorof
fenceundert
hisAct
;
(
c) makesuchi
nqui
ryasmaybenecessar
ytoascer
tai
nwhet
her
t
heprovi
si
onsofthi
sActhav
ebeencompli
edwith.
92. Generalpenalt
y.
(1)Aper sonwhocommi tsanof f
enceunderthisActforwhichno
penalt
yisexpr essl
ypr ov
idedi sliable,onconv i
cti
on,to af i
nenot
exceedi
ngsev entytwocurrencypoi nt
sort oimpri
sonmentf oraterm
notexceedingt hr
eey ear
sorbot handi nthecaseofacont i
nui
ng
off
enceshal linaddit
ionbel iabl
et oadai lyfi
nenotexceedi ngtwo
curr
encypointsforeachdaytheof f
encecont i
nues.

(2)Fort
hepur
posesofthi
ssect
ion,
“thi
sAct
”doesnoti
ncl
udet
he
r
egul
ati
onsmadeundert
hisAct
.

93. Insti
tuti
onandconductofpr osecut
ion.
(
1)Apr osecuti
onundert hisActshal lnotbeinst
it
utedexceptbyor
wit
ht heconsentoft heDirectorofPubl i
cPr osecuti
on,butaper son
chargedwi t
hsuchanof fencemaybear r
est edorawarrantforhisorher
arr
estissuedandexecut edandt hepersonmaybedet ainedorreleased
onpol i
cebond,notwi t
hstandi ngt hattheconsentoft heDirectorof
Publi
cPr osecut
iontotheinsti
tut i
onofapr osecuti
onfort heoff
encehas
notyetbeenobt ai
ned,butnofur therorotherproceedi
ngsshal lbetaken
unti
lthatconsenthasbeenobt ained.

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(2)Anoffi
ceroftheControl
l
erdul
yauthori
sedinwri
tingbythe
Di
rectorofPubli
cProsecut
ionsmayconductthepr
osecut
ionforany
of
fenceunderthi
sAct.

94. Juri
sdict
iontotryof
fences.
Notwit
hstandi
nganywr i
tt
enlaw tothecontr
ary,aMagist
rateGradeI
shal
lhavejuri
sdict
iontotr
yanoffenceundert
hisActandtoimposethe
ful
lpuni
shmentf ortheoff
ence.

95. Prot
ect
ionofoffi
cers.
Anacti
onorprosecuti
onshallnotbebrought,
insti
tut
edormaintai
nedin
acourtagai
nsttheControl
leroranyof f
icerdulyauthor
isedundert
his
Actf
ororonaccountofori nrespectofanyactorderedordoneforthe
pur
poseofcarryi
ngintoeff
ectthisAct.

96. Li
mitat
ionondi scl
aimi
ngorli
mit
ingappl
icati
onofAct.
Unl
essitisexpresslyprovi
dedforunderthi
sAct ,apersonshal
lnot
di
scl
aim orcont
ractuall
yli
mitt
heappl
icat
ionofthisAct
.

97. Regulat
ions.
(1)TheMi ni
stermayont herecommendat
ionoftheCont
rol
l
er
maker egul
ati
onsforalloranyoft
hefoll
owi
ngpur
poses—

(
a) prescr
ibi
ng t
hequal
i
ficat
ionr
equi
rement
sforcer
ti
fi
cat
ion
servi
ceprov
ider
s;

(
b) prescribi
ng the manner of appl ying for li
cences and
certi
ficat
esunderthisAct,
theparti
cular
stobesuppl i
edbyan
appli
cant ,t
hemannerofl i
censingandcer ti
fi
cat
ion,thef
ees
payabl et
herefor
,thecondit
ionsorrestr
ict
ionstobeimposed
andt heform ofl
icencesandcerti
fi
cates;

(
c) r
egul
ati
ng t
heoper
ati
onsofl
i
censed cer
ti
fi
cat
ion ser
vice
pr
ovi
der
;

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(
d) prescri
bing the requirementsf ort he content,form and
sources ofi nf
ormation in certif
icati
on ser v
ice pr
ovider
discl
osurer ecords,the updat i
ng and t i
mel i
ness ofsuch
infor
mat i
on and ot herpr act
ices and pol i
cies r
elat
ing to
certi
fi
cationservi
cepr ovi
derdisclosurerecords;

(
e) pr
escr
ibi
ngt
hef
orm ofcer
ti
fi
cat
ionpr
act
icest
atement
s;

(
f) prescr
ibi
ngthequalif
icat
ionr
equi
rement
sforaudi
tor
sand
theprocedur
eforaudi
ts;

(
g) pr
escr
ibi
ng the requi
rementsf or reposi
tor
ies and t
he
pr
ocedur
eforrecogni
ti
onofreposit
ori
es;

(
h) prescr
ibi
ng the requir
ement
sf ordate and t
ime st
amp
servi
cesandt heprocedur
eforr
ecogni
ti
onofdateandti
me
stampservi
ces;

(
i) prescri
bingtheprocedurefort
herevi
ewofsof t
wareforusein
creati
ngdi gi
talsi
gnaturesandoftheappl
icabl
estandardsin
rel
ationtodigital
signat
uresandcert
if
icat
ionpract
iceandfor
thepublicati
onofr epor
tsonsuchsoftwar
eandst andar
ds;

(
j)pr
escr
ibi
ngt
hef
ormsf
ort
hepur
posesoft
hisAct
;

(
k)pr
escr
ibi
ngthefeesandchargespayabl
eundert
hisActandthe
mannerforcol
lect
inganddisbur
singt
hefeesandcharges;

(
1) provi
dingforsuchothermatter
sasarecont
empl
atedbyor
necessaryforgiv
ingful
leff
ectto,t
hepr
ovi
si
onsofthi
sAct
andfortheirdueadmini
str
ati
on.

(2)Regulat
ionsmadeundersubsect i
on( 1)mayprescr
ibeanyact
i
ncont r
aventi
onoftheregulat
ionstobeanoffenceandmaypr escri
bei
n
rel
ati
ont otheoffence,penal
tiesnotexceedi
ngaf ineofsev ent
ytwo
curr
encypointsorimprisonmentfort
hreeyearsorboth.
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98. Compensat ion.
Whereaper sonisconv i
ctedunderthisAct,thecourtshallinaddi t
ionto
thepunishmentpr ovi
dedt herei
n,ordersuchper sont opaybywayof
compensat i
ont ot heaggrievedparty,suchsum asi sint heopi ni
onof
thecourtjust,havingregardtothelosssuf f
eredbytheaggr i
evedpar t
y;
andsuchor dershallbeadecr eeundert hepr ovi
sionsoft heCi vi
l
ProcedureAct ,andshallbeexecutedi nthemannerpr ovidedundert hat
Act.

99. PowerofMini
stert
oamendtheSchedule.
TheMini
stermay,wi
ththeappr
oval
ofCabinet,
byst
atut
oryi
nst
rument
,
amendtheSchedul
et ot
hisAct
.

100.Sav i
ngsandtransi
tionalpr
ovisi
ons.
(
1)Acer t
if
icati
onser vi
cepr ov
iderthathasbeencarr
yingonor
operati
ngasacer ti
fi
cati
onser v
iceprovi
derbefor
ethecommencement
ofthisActshal
l,notlat
erthant hr
eemont hsfr
om thecommencement
,
obtai
nal i
cenceunderthisAct.

(2) Wher eacerti

fi
cat
ionservi
ceprov
iderr
eferr
edt oi
nsubsecti
on
(1)f
ail
stoobt ai
nalicenceaft
ertheperi
odprescri
bedinsubsecti
on(1),
i
tshallbet akentobeanunl i
censedcerti
fi
cati
onserviceprov
iderand
theprovi
sionsofthisActshallappl
ytoitandacer t
if
icatei
ssuedbyit
accor
dingl
y .

(
3) Wher eacertif
icati
onser v
iceproviderreferredtoinsubsect
ion
(1)hasobtai
nedal icencei naccordancewi ththisActwi thi
ntheperiod
prescri
bedinsubsection( 1),al
lcerti
fi
catesissuedbyt hatcert
if
icat
ion
servi
ceproviderbeforet hecommencementoft hisAct,totheextent
thattheyar
enoti nconsistentwiththisAct,shallbet akentohavebeen
i
ssuedundert hi
sActandshal l
haveef f
ectaccor dingly
.

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SCHEDULE

Sect
ion2

CURRENCYPOI
NTOnecur
rencypoi
nti
sequi
val
entt
otwent
y

t
housandshi
l
li
ngs.

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