PART IV - DUTIES OF LICENSED CERTIFICATION AUTHORITIES AND SUBSCRIBERS CHAPTER 1 - General requirements for licensed certification authorities
Section 29. Prerequisites to issuance of certificate to subscriber.
(1) A licensed certification authority may issue a certificate to a subscriber only after all of the following conditions are satisfied:
(a) the licensed certification authority has received a request for issuance signed by the prospective subscriber; and
(b) the licensed certification authority has confirmed that-
(i) the prospective subscriber is the person to be listed in the certificate to be issued;
(ii) if the prospective subscriber is acting through one or more agents, the subscriber duly authorized the agent or agents to have custody of the subscriber's private key and to request issuance of a certificate listing the corresponding public key;
(iii) the information in the certificate to be issued is accurate;
(iv) the prospective subscriber rightfully holds the private key corresponding to the public key to be listed in the certificate;
(v) the prospective subscriber holds a private key capable of creating a digital signature; and
(vi) the public key to be listed in the certificate can be used to verify a digital signature affixed by the private key held by the prospective subscriber.
(2) The requirements of subsection (1) shall not be waived or disclaimed by the licensed certification authority, the subscriber, or both.