Singapore legislation

Section 33

of Electronic Transactions Act

Section 33

Revocation without subscriber’s consent

(1)

A certification authority shall revoke a certificate, regardless of whether the subscriber listed in the certificate consents, if the certification authority confirms that —

(a)

a material fact represented in the certificate is false;

(b)

a requirement for issuance of the certificate was not satisfied;

(c)

the certification authority’s private key or trustworthy system was compromised in a manner materially affecting the certificate’s reliability;

(d)

an individual subscriber is dead; or

(e)

a subscriber has been dissolved, wound-up or otherwise ceased to exist.

(2)

Upon effecting such a revocation, other than under subsection (1)(d) or (a), the certification authority shall immediately notify the subscriber listed in the revoked certificate.