Act Number: 21

Act Name: The Information Technology Act, 2000

Year: 2000

Enactment Date: 2000-06-09

Long Title: An Act to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication, commonly referred to as

Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Department:

Section 40: Generating key pair.
    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.
Notes:
1. The word "then" omitted by notification No. S.O. 1015(E) (w.e.f. 19-9-2002).
2. Subs. ibid., for "the key" (w.e.f. 19-9-2002).
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