Information Technology Act 2000 Section 71 : Penalty for misrepresentation : Whoever makes any misrepresentation to, or suppresses any material fact from the Controller or the Certifying Authority for obtaining any licence or 1.[electronic signature] Certificate, as the case may be, shall be punished with…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 70B : 1.[Indian Computer Emergency Response Team to serve as national agency for incident response : (1) The Central Government shall, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint an agency of the Government to be called the Indian Computer Emergency…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 70A : 1.[National nodal agency : (1) The Central Government may, by notification published in the Official Gazette, designate any organisation of the Government as the national nodal agency in respect of Critical Information Infrastructure Protection. (2) The national nodal…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 70 : Protected system : 1.[(1) The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any computer resource which directly or indirectly affects the facility of Critical Information Infrastructure, to be a protected system. Explanation.–For the purposes of…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 69B : 1.[Power to authorise to monitor and collect traffic data or information through any computer resource for cyber security : (1) The Central Government may, to enhance cyber security and for identification, analysis and prevention of intrusion or spread…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 69A : Power to issue directions for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource : (1) Where the Central Government or any of its officers specially authorised by it in this behalf is satisfied that it…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 69 : 1.[Power to issue directions for interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource : (1) Where the Central Government or a State Government or any of its officers specially authorised by the Central Government…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 68 : Power of Controller to give directions : (1) The Controller may, by order, direct a Certifying Authority or any employee of such Authority to take such measures or cease carrying on such activities as specified in the order…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 67C : Preservation and retention of information by intermediaries : (1) Intermediary shall preserve and retain such information as may be specified for such duration and in such manner and format as the Central Government may prescribe. (2) any intermediary…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 67B : Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form : Whoever,– (a) publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted material in any electronic form which depicts children…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 67A : Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form : Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted in the electronic form any material which contains sexually explicit act…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 67 : Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form : Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 66F : Punishment for cyber terrorism : (1) Whoever,– (A) with intent to threaten the unity, integrity, security or sovereignty of India or to strike terror in the people or any section of the people by– (i) denying or cause…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 66E : Punishment for violation of privacy : Whoever, intentionally or knowingly captures, publishes or transmits the image of a private area of any person without his or her consent, under circumstances violating the privacy of that person, shall be…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 66D : Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource : Whoever, by means of any communication device or computer resource cheats by personation, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 66C : Punishment for identity theft : Whoever, fraudulently or dishonestly make use of the electronic signature, password or any other unique identification feature of any other person, shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term which…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 66B : Punishment for dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device : Whoever dishonestly receive or retains any stolen computer resource or communication device knowing or having reason to believe the same to be stolen computer resource or communication…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 66A : 1.[Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc : 1. Omitted by the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provision) Act, 2023 (18 of 2023), s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-8-2024). Section 66A has been struck down by…
Information Technology Act 2000 Section 66 : 1[Computer related offences : If any person, dishonestly or fraudulently, does any act referred to in section 43, he shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine which may…
Information Technology Act 2000 Chapter XI : Offences : Section 65 : Tampering with computer source documents : Whoever knowingly or intentionally conceals, destroys or alters or intentionally or knowingly causes another to conceal, destroy, or alter any computer source code used for a computer,…