Question 5 (a) part i
Duties of a subscriber
3 marks
- Time to write
- About 6 minutes
From an older CBCS paper
Question
Question 5 (a) part i · 3 marks- Under the IT Act, what are the duties of a subscriber?
Reworded from the university paper; the task is the same. The original paper belongs to the University of Delhi. See DU's question bank.
Before you write
Read off the question and its marks
What the paper leaves open
The only copy of this paper found is cut off at the right edge of the page; the few words lost there are read from the sense and from the Hindi version of the question. The mark for this part is not legible on the copy; it is reckoned here at 9 marks, the paper's own split for its other questions. This older-course question examines the Information Technology Act, 2000, which the current UGCF Business Laws syllabus does not name; it is answered as printed. Marked as one question of 9 marks; answered here in 3 parts of 3 marks each (marks inferred).
Write it in this order
- 1 (i) Duties of a subscriber 3 marks 6 min
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Solution
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(i) Duties of a subscriber under the IT Act (Chapter VIII):
- Generating the key pair (section 40): where a Digital Signature Certificate whose public key corresponds to the subscriber's private key has been accepted, the subscriber shall generate that key pair by applying the security procedure.
- Prescribed duties (section 40A): in respect of an “Electronic Signature Certificate, the subscriber shall perform such duties as may be prescribed”.
- Acceptance and its consequences (section 41): by accepting a certificate the subscriber certifies to all who reasonably rely on it that he holds the private key corresponding to the public key listed in it, that all his representations to the Certifying Authority are true, and that all information in it within his knowledge is true.
- Control of the private key (section 42): he shall exercise reasonable care to retain control of the private key and prevent its disclosure; if it has been compromised he must communicate this without delay to the Certifying Authority, and he remains liable until he has done so.
Where the 3 marks sit
| # | Component | Marks |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | (i) Duties of a subscriber | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
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