Rule, 2015

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13. Digital Signature functions Standard.— The manner of digital signature creation and verification, in respect of signature profile and signature format, shall also conform to the following guidelines issued by Controller, namely:-

(i) Interoperability Guidelines for Digital Signature Certificates issued under Information Technology Act;

(ii) X.509 Certificate Policy for India PK.I;

(iii) Signature profiles;

(iv) Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) Service Guidelines for Certifying Authorities (CA);

(v) Time Stamping Services Guidelines for Certifying Authorities (CA). TAPAN RAY, Addl. Secy.

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 25th August, 2015

G.S.R. 661(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (e) of sub-section (2) of Section 87 read with

Section 16 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend me Information Technology (Security Procedure) Rules, 2004. 1.(1) These rules may be called the Information Technology (Security Procedure) Amendment Rules, 2015.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Information Technology (Security Procedure) Rules, 2004,—

(a) in rule 2, for clause (e)> the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— "(e) words and expressions used in these rules and not defined but defined in the Act and the Digital Signature (bna entity) Rules, 2015 shall have the same meaning respectively assigned for them in the said Act and rules,";

(b) in rule 4, for clause (f), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— "(0 that the standards referred to in rule 7 or rule 12 of the Digital Signature (End entity) Rules, 2015 have been complied with, in so far as they relate to the creation, storage and transmission of the digital signature; and". TAPAN RAY, Add!. Secy.

Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, and Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number G,S.R. 735(E), dated the 29th October, 2004.

Provisions this rule answers to

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Other instruments under the same Act

All of the The Information Technology Act, 2000