Singapore legislation
Section 33
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 material fact represented in the certificate is false;
a requirement for issuance of the certificate was not satisfied;
the certification authority’s private key or trustworthy system was compromised in a manner materially affecting the certificate’s reliability;
an individual subscriber is dead; or
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.