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CHAPTER VIII DUTIES OF SUBSCRIBERS

Section 40: Generating key pair

The Information Technology Act, 2000

Where any Digital Signature Certificate the public key of which corresponds to the private key of that subscriber which is to be listed in the Digital Signature Certificate has been accepted by a subscriber, 1*** the subscriber shall generate 2[that key] pair by applying the security procedure.

Footnotes in the official text

  1. 1.The word “then” omitted by notification No. S.O. 1015(E) (w.e.f. 19-9-2002).
  2. 2.Subs. ibid., for “the key” (w.e.f. 19-9-2002).

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