IT & Cyber Law
2000-21
- §1 — Short title, extent, commencement and application.
- §10 — Power to make rules by Central Government in respect of 1[electronic signature].
- §10A — Validity of contracts formed through electronic means.
- §11 — Attribution of electronic records.
- §12 — Acknowledgment of receipt.
- §13 — Time and place of despatch and receipt of electronic record.
- §14 — Secure electronic record.
- §15 — Secure electronic signature.
- §16 — Security procedures and practices.
- §17 — Appointment of Controller and other officers.
- §18 — Functions of Controller.
- §19 — Recognition of foreign Certifying Authorities.
- §2 — Definitions.
- §20 — [Controller to act as repository.] Omitted by the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008
(10 of 2009), s. 13 (w.e.f. 27-10-2009).
- §21 — Licence to issue 1[electronic signature] Certificates.
- §22 — Application for licence.
- §23 — Renewal of licence.
- §24 — Procedure for grant or rejection of licence.
- §25 — Suspension of licence.
- §26 — Notice of suspension or revocation of licence.
- §27 — Power to delegate.
- §28 — Power to investigate contraventions.
- §29 — Access to computers and data.
- §3 — Authentication of electronic records.
- §30 — Certifying Authority to follow certain procedures.
- §31 — Certifying Authority to ensure compliance of the Act, etc.
- §32 — Display of licence.
- §33 — Surrender of licence.
- §34 — Disclosure.
- §35 — Certifying authority to issue 2[electronic signature] Certificate.
- §36 — Representations upon issuance of Digital Signature Certificate.
- §37 — Suspension of Digital Signature Certificate.
- §38 — Revocation of Digital Signature Certificate.
- §39 — Notice of suspension or revocation.
- §3A — Electronic signature.
- §4 — Legal recognition of electronic records.
- §40 — Generating key pair.
- §40A — Duties of subscriber of Electronic Signature Certificate.
- §41 — Acceptance of Digital Signature Certificate.
- §42 — Control of private key.
- §43 — 6[Penalty and compensation] for damage to computer, computer system, etc.
- §43A — Compensation for failure to protect data.
- §44 — Penalty for failure to furnish information, return, etc.
- §45 — Residuary penalty.
- §46 — Power to adjudicate.
- §47 — Factors to be taken into account by the adjudicating officer.
- §48 — Establishment of 1[Appellate Tribunal].
- §49 — [Composition of Cyber Appellate Tribunal.]
- §5 — Legal recognition of 1[electronic signatures].
- §50 — [Qualifications for appointment as Chairperson and Members of Cyber Appellate
Tribunal.]
- §51 — [Term of office, conditions of service, etc., of Chairperson and Members.]
- §52 — [Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and
Members.]
- §52A — [Powers of superintendence, direction, etc.]
- §52B — [Distribution of business among Benches.]
- §52C — [Power of Chairperson to transfer cases.]
- §52D — Decision by majority.
- §53 — [Filling up of vacancies.]
- §54 — [Resignation and removal.]
- §55 — Orders constituting Appellate Tribunal to be final and not to invalidate its proceedings.
- §56 — [Staff of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal.]
- §57 — Appeal to 2[Appellate Tribunal].
- §58 — Procedure and powers of the 2[Appellate Tribunal].
- §59 — Right to legal representation.
- §6 — Use of electronic records and 1[electronic signatures] in Government and its agencies.
- §60 — Limitation.
- §61 — Civil court not to have jurisdiction.
- §62 — Appeal to High Court.
- §63 — Compounding of contraventions.
- §64 — Recovery of 3[penalty or compensation].
- §65 — Tampering with computer source documents.
- §66 — Computer related offences.
- §66A — [Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.]
- §66B — Punishment for dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device.
- §66C — Punishment for identity theft.
- §66D — Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource.
- §66E — Punishment for violation of privacy.
- §66F — Punishment for cyber terrorism.
- §67 — Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
- §67A — Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc.,
in electronic form.
- §67B — Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually
explicit act, etc., in electronic form.
- §67C — Preservation and retention of information by intermediaries.
- §68 — Power of Controller to give directions.
- §69 — Power to issue directions for interception or monitoring or decryption of any information
through any computer resource.
- §69A — Power to issue directions for blocking for public access of any information through any
computer resource.
- §69B — Power to authorise to monitor and collect traffic data or information through any
computer resource for cyber security.
- §6A — Delivery of services by service provider.
- §7 — Retention of electronic records.
- §70 — Protected system.
- §70A — National nodal agency.
- §70B — Indian Computer Emergency Response Team to serve as national agency for incident
response.
- §71 — Penalty for misrepresentation.
- §72 — Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy.
- §72A — 5[Penalty] for disclosure of information in breach of lawful contract.
- §73 — Penalty for publishing 2[electronic signature] Certificate false in certain particulars.
- §74 — Publication for fraudulent purpose.
- §75 — Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India.
- §76 — Confiscation.
- §77 — Compensation, penalties or confiscation not to interfere with other punishment.
- §77A — Compounding of offences.
- §77B — Offences with three years imprisonment to be bailable.
- §78 — Power to investigate offences.
- §79 — Exemption from liability of intermediary in certain cases.
- §79A — Central Government to notify Examiner of Electronic Evidence.
- §7A — Audit of documents, etc., maintained in electronic form.
- §8 — Publication of rule, regulation, etc., in Electronic Gazette.
- §80 — Power of police officer and other officers to enter, search, etc.
- §81 — Act to have overriding effect.
- §81A — Application of the Act to electronic cheque and truncated cheque.
- §82 — Controller, Deputy Controller and Assistant Controller to be public servants.
- §83 — Power to give directions.
- §84 — Protection of action taken in good faith.
- §84A — Modes or methods for encryption.
- §84B — Punishment for abetment of offences.
- §84C — Punishment for attempt to commit offences.
- §85 — Offences by companies.
- §86 — Removal of difficulties.
- §87 — Power of Central Government to make rules.
- §88 — Constitution of Advisory Committee.
- §89 — Power of Controller to make regulations.
- §9 — Sections 6, 7 and 8 not to confer right to insist document should be accepted in electronic
form.
- §90 — Power of State Government to make rules.
- §91 — [Amendment of Act 45 of 1860.]
- §92 — [Amendment of Act 1 of 1872.]
- §93 — [Amendment of Act 18 of 1891.]
- §94 — [Amendment of Act 2 of 1934.]