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(iii)
creates, publishes, alters or otherwise uses a certificate or an
electronic signature for a fraudulent or other unlawful purposes;
(iv)
mispresents a person’s identity or authorisation in requesting or
accepting a certificate or in requesting suspension or revocation of
a certificate;
(v)
publishes a certificate, or otherwise makes it available to anyone
likely to rely on the certificate or on an electronic signature that is
verifiable with reference to data such as codes, passwords,
algorithms, public cryptographic keys or other data which are used
for the purposes of verifying an electronic signature, listed in the
certificate, if the person knows that:
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the Certification Service Provider listed in the certificate has not
issued it;
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the subscriber listed in the certificate has not accepted it; or
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the certificate has been revoked or suspended, unless its
publication is for the purpose of verifying an electronic signature
created before such revocation or suspension, or giving notice of
revocation or suspension.
Without prejudice to a harsher penalty provided for any other law, every
person who intentionally obstructs an officer who has the power of
summary arrest or an authorised officer to carry out an inspection or
prevents them from carrying out the acts prescribed in Article 23 of this
Law, shall be guilty of an offence and if convicted shall be liable to
imprisonment for a term not exceeding three years and to a fine not
exceeding BD 10,000 or either penalty.
Article 25
Liability of Corporate Officers
Where an offence under this Law has been committed by a body corporate, and
it is proved to have been committed with the consent or connivance of, or to be
attributable to any act or default on the part of, any director, manager or other
similar responsible officer of the body corporate, or any person who was
purporting to act in such capacity, as well as the body corporate, shall be guilty
of that offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding BD 200,000.
Every natural person who is imputed to commit any of the above acts shall be
guilty and shall be liable for the penalty prescribed under the provisions of this
Law.
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