No.8 DEEDS REGISTRIES AMENDMENT convicted, investigated or subjected to proceedings by or at the instance of any governmental agency, regulatory authority or professional association within or outside Zimbabwe; he or she must inform the Registrar in writing of that fact no later than seven days after he or she is notified of it or becomes aware of it. (7) In addition, a registered user must inform the Registrar in writing if any of his or her agents or employees who are authorised to use the electronic registry have been subjected to any disciplinary or other action described in subsection (6) no later than seven days after the user is notified of it or becomes aware of it. (8) If the Registrar has reason to believe that any registered user has become disqualified by virtue of subsection (4) or is not complying with subsection (6) or (7), the Registrar may block access by the user to the electronic registry until the default in compliance is remedied: Provided that the Registrar shall without delay, and in any event not more than twenty-four hours after blocking such access, give written notice to the user of such action together with the reasons for taking such action. (9) Any person who wilfully contravenes subsection (6) or (7) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level five or to imprisonment for a period not exceeding six months or to both such fine and such imprisonment. 94 Digital signatures and passwords (1) Every digital signature or password intended for use in connection with the electronic registry shall comply with the following requirements, namely, it must- (a) be unique to the registered user and under the sole control of the registered user; and (b) be capable of verification; and (c) be linked or attached to electronically transmitted data in such a manner that, if the integrity of the data transmitted is compromised, the digital signature or password is invalidated; and (d) be in complete conformity with the requirements prescribed by the Registrar and contained in the user agreement. (2) The Registrar shall, on registering a user, allocate to the registered user(a) if the user is a natural person, a digital signature or password or sufficient digital signatures or passwords for the user and each agent or employee of the user nominated in an annexure to the user agreement; or (b) if the user is nota natural person, sufficient digital signatures or passwords for each employee of the user nominated in the user agreement. (3) If a user who is registered to use the electronic registry for conveyancing work, notarial practice or information-gathering purposes dies, retires or ceases to be ordinarily resident in Zimbabwe, any other user jointly entitled under the same user agreement to the rights and obligations of that agreement, or entitled to succeed thereto, must notify the Registrar of the death, retirement or change of residence of the first138 DISTRIBUTED BY VERITAS e-mail: veritas@mango.zw; website: www.veritaszim.net Veritas makes every effort to ensure the provision of reliable information, but cannot take legal responsibility for information supplied. 2017