1. A Certifying Authority may revoke an Electronic Signature Certificate issued by it—
   1. where the subscriber or any other person authorised by him makes a request to that effect; or
   2. upon the death of the subscriber; or
   3. upon the dissolution of the firm or winding up of the company where the subscriber is a firm or a company.
2. Subject to the provisions of sub-section (3) and without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1), a Certifying Authority may revoke an Electronic Signature Certificate which has been issued by it at any time, if it is of opinion that—
   1. a material fact represented in the Electronic Signature Certificate is false or has been concealed;
   2. a requirement for issuance of the Electronic Signature Certificate was not satisfied;
   3. the Certifying Authority’s private key or security system was compromised in a manner materially affecting the Electronic Signature Certificate’s reliability;
   4. the subscriber has been declared insolvent or dead or where a subscriber is a firm or a company, which has been dissolved, wound-up or otherwise ceased to exist.
3. An Electronic Signature Certificate shall not be revoked unless the subscriber has been given an opportunity of being heard in the matter.
4. On revocation of an Electronic Signature Certificate under this section, the Certifying Authority shall communicate the same to the subscriber.