Central · Act 21 of 2000

Section 40 — Generating key pair.

The Information Technology Act, 2000

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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.

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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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India Code, Government of India. Text fetched 10 Oct 2026. Source metadata reports last modification: 2020-04-06. Check the linked official text and subsequent notifications when applying a provision.

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