Presumption as to Electronic Signature Certificates
The certificate behind a digital signature is trusted — with one carve-out. The Court shall presume the information in an Electronic Signature Certificate is correct, except unverified subscriber information, if the subscriber accepted the certificate.
How to read Section 87
Trusted — but not the parts nobody checked.
The certificate’s information is presumed correct.
Unverified subscriber information — not presumed.
Only if the subscriber accepted the certificate.
The bare Act
The section in its own words — colour-keyed by what each phrase does.
The Court shall presume, unless contrary is proved, that the information listed in an Electronic Signature Certificate is correct, except for information specified as subscriber information which has not been verified, if the certificate was accepted by the subscriber.
In short: a digital signature is only as trustworthy as the certificate that vouches for it. Section 87 gives that certificate a presumption: the Court shall presume (unless the contrary is proved) that the information listed in an Electronic Signature Certificate is correct. Two boundaries keep it honest. First, the presumption does not reach details flagged as subscriber information that has not been verified — the issuer takes no responsibility for self-declared, unchecked data. Second, the presumption arises only where the certificate was accepted by the subscriber — acceptance is what binds the subscriber to its contents. As a ‘shall presume’, it remains rebuttable.
→ This carries forward IEA 1872 § 85C — presumption as to electronic signature certificates.
Glossary
A certificate (from a Certifying Authority) that vouches for a signature key.
The person in whose name the certificate / signature is issued.
The subscriber’s acceptance — the trigger for the presumption.
Details supplied by the subscriber — may be flagged not verified.
Not checked by the issuer — outside the presumption.
Mandatory but rebuttable (“unless contrary is proved”).
The picture
Trust the checked details — not the unchecked ones.
The section, part by part
Tap a part — the picture-story tells it first; the word-by-word text and example follow.
the ruleAn accepted certificate’s details are trusted
how it worksVerified vs unverified — and the acceptance trigger