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Under the Information Technology Act, 2000, a subscriber publishes his Digital Signature Certificate in a repository. What is the legal effect of this act?

The subscriber is deemed to have accepted the Digital Signature Certificate. The Act provides that publishing the certificate, or authorising its publication, to persons or in a repository amounts to acceptance, as does otherwise demonstrating approval of it in any manner.

  1. AThe subscriber is deemed to have accepted the Digital Signature CertificateCorrect
  2. BThe Certifying Authority must suspend the certificate for fifteen days
  3. CThe certificate becomes a secure electronic signature automatically
  4. DThe subscriber loses control of the private key

Explanation

Publishing a Digital Signature Certificate to one or more persons or in a repository is deemed acceptance by the subscriber under Section 41(1). The other options have no basis in the Act. Publication does not trigger suspension, create a secure electronic signature, or transfer the private key.

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