Information Technology Act 2000
Section 45 :
Residuary penalty :
Whoever contravenes any 1.[rules, regulations, directions or orders] made under this Act, for the contravention of which no penalty has been separately provided, shall be liable to pay a 2.[penalty not exceeding one lakh rupees, in addition to compensation to the person affected by such contravention not exceeding—
(a) ten lakh rupees, by an intermediary, company or body corporate; or
(b) one lakh rupees, by any other person.]
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1. Substituted by the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provision) Act, 2023 (18 of 2023), s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-8-2024) for the words (rules or regulations).
2. Substituted by the Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provision) Act, 2023 (18 of 2023), s. 2 and the Schedule (w.e.f. 1-8-2024) for the words (compensation not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees to the person affected by such contravention or a penalty not exceeding twenty-five thousand rupees).
