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Section 33 IT Act — Surrender of licence

The Information Technology Act, 2000 · Official PDF page 18

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33. Surrender of licence .–(1) Every Certifying Authority whose licence is suspended or revoked shall immediately after such suspension or revocation, surrender the licence to the Controller.

(2) Where any Certifying Authority fails to surrender a licence under sub -section (1), the person in whose favour a licence is issued, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be 1[liable to penalty which may extend to five lakh rupees].

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