Rule 17: Decryption key holder to disclose decryption key or provide decryption assistance

If a decryption direction or a copy thereof is handed to the decryption key holder to whom the decryption direction is addressed by the nodal officer referred to in Rule (12), the decryption key holder shall within the period mentioned in the decryption direction–

(a) disclose the decryption key; or

(b) provide the decryption assistance,

specified in the decryption direction to the concerned authorised person.