Digital Signature Certificate
A Digital Signature Certificate, like hand written signature, establishes the identity of the sender filing the documents through internet which sender cannot revoke or deny. Accordingly, Digital Signature Certificate is a digital equivalent of a hand written signature which has an extra data attached electronically to any message or a document (DSC)Digital Signature Certificate.
Digital Signature also ensures that no alterations are made to the data once the document has been digitally signed. A DSC is normally valid for 1 or 2 years, after which it can berenewed. A Digital Signature is a method of verifying the authenticity of an electronic document. Digital signatures are going to play an important role in our lives with the gradual electronization of record scan documents (DSC)Digital Signature Certificate.
The IT Act has given
legal recognition to digital signature meaning, thereby, that legally it has
the same value as handwritten or signed signatures affixed to a document for
its verification.The Information Technology Act, 2000 provides the required
legal sanctity to the digital signatures based on asymmetric cryptosystems. The
digital signatures are now accepted at par with handwritten signatures and the
electronic documents that have been digitally signed are treated at par with
paper documents.
2. WHO NEEDS A DIGITAL SIGNATURE CERTIFICATE ?
Under MCA21 Every person who is required to sign manual documents and returns
filed with ROC is required to obtain a Digital Signature Certificate (DSC).
Accordingly following have to obtain Digital Signature Certificate:
1. Directors
2. Auditors
3. Company Secretary - Whether in practice or in job.
4. Bank Officials - for Registration and Satisfaction of Charges
5. Other Authorized Signatories.
3. TYPES OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CERTIFICATE
There are 3 types of Digital Signature Certificates, having different security
levels, namely :- Class-1, Class-2 , Class-3.
For filing documents under MCA21, a Class-2 Digital Signature Certificate
issued by a Licensed Registration Authority is required. We also offer Class 1
and 3 besides Class 2 certificates (DSC)Digital Signature Certificate.