TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government Enacted2000

Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 40

Generating Key Pair

Section Text


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 generate2[that key] pair by applying the security procedure.

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1.Word "then" omitted by S.O. 1015 (E), dated 19th September, 2002 (w.e.f. 19-9-2002).

2.Substituted by S.O. 1015 (E), dated 19th September, 2002, for "the key" (w.e.f. 19-9-2002).