Section 37: Controller of Certification Authorities

37. Controller of Certification Authorities (1) There shall be for the purposes of this Act a Controller of Certification Authorities. (2) For the purposes of the Act, the ICT Authority shall be the Controller and may be assisted by such of its officers and other members of its staff as may be necessary. E5 – 17 [Issue 3] Electronic Transactions Act (3) The Controller shall maintain a publicly accessible database containing a certification authority disclosure record for each licensed certification authority which shall contain such particulars as may be prescribed. (4) In the application of this Act to certificates issued by the Controller and to digital signatures verified by reference to those certificates, the Controller shall be deemed to be a licensed certification authority. [S. 37 amended by s. 4 of Act No. 7 of 2009 w.e.f. 1 December 2010.] (S. 37 came into operation on 1 December 2010.)