13.8.4 (Revocation of Digital Signature Certificate)

A Certifying Authority may revoke a certificate issued by it: (a) where the subscriber or any other person anthorised by him makes a request to that effect; or (b) upon the death of the subscriber; or (c) upon the dissolution of the firm or winding up of the company where the subscriber is a firm or a company.

A Certifying Authority may revoke a certificate which been issued by it at any time, if it is of opinion that – (a) a material fact represented in the certificate is false or has been concealed; (b) a requirement for issuance of the certificate was not satisfied; (c) the certifying Authority's private key or security system was compromised in manner materially affecting the Certificate's reliability, (d) the subscriber has been declared insolvent or dead or where a subscriber is a firm or a company, has been dissolved, wound up or otherwise ceased to exist. On revocation of the certificate, the Certifying Authority shall communicate the same to the subscriber.

However, the certificate shall not be revoked unless the subscriber has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.