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## 3.1 Scope

An Issuer of a particaular Delegation in a proof chain MAY revoke that Delegation. Note that this is not always the same as revoking the Delegation they they Issued; any UCAN that contains a proof where the revoker matches the `iss` field — even transitively in the delegation chain — MAY be revoked.
An Issuer of a particular Delegation in a proof chain MAY revoke that Delegation. Note that this is not always the same as revoking the Delegation they they Issued; any UCAN that contains a proof where the revoker matches the `iss` field — even transitively in the delegation chain — MAY be revoked.

Revocation of a particular proof does not guarantee that the Agent can no longer access to the capability in question. If an Agent is able to construct a valid proof chain without relying on the revoked proof, they still have access to the capability. By real-world analogy, if Mallory has two tickets to a film, and one of them is invalidated by its serial number, she is still able to present the valid ticket to see the film.

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## 4.2 Monotonicity

Since Revocations MUST NOT be reverable, a new Delegation SHOULD be issued if a Revocation was issued in error.
Since Revocations MUST NOT be reversable, a new Delegation SHOULD be issued if a Revocation was issued in error.

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