Section 26

Section 26 is the publication complement to Section 25's suspension and revocation powers — just as Section 39 requires CAs to publish notice of certificate suspension/revocation in their repositories, Section 26 requires the Controller to publish notice of a CA licence suspension or revocation in the official database maintained under Section 18(n). The Section 18(n) database is a public record of every Certifying Authority's disclosure and compliance status, accessible to all. When a CA's licence is suspended or revoked under Section 25, that status must appear in this public database so that: relying parties checking whether a CA is currently licensed can discover the suspension or revocation; systems that rely on the Controller's database to validate CA status can update their trust stores; and the general public and regulated entities know that the CA is no longer authorised to issue new Electronic Signature Certificates. The practical effect mirrors Section 39's role in certificate-level notifications: publication in the database is the legal event that fixes constructive notice on the world. A party who relies on a suspended CA's newly issued certificates after the Section 26 publication does so without the protection of good faith reliance on valid CA status. Section 26 is brief but functionally critical — without it, licence enforcement under Section 25 would be an internal regulatory action invisible to the market.