| SECTIONS | Information Technology Act, 2000 As Amended by Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008 |
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| | CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY |
| 1. | Short Title, Extent, Commencement and Application |
| 2. | Definitions |
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| | CHAPTER II: DIGITAL SIGNATURE AND ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE |
| 3. | Authentication of Electronic Records |
| 3-A. | Electronic Signature |
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| | CHAPTER III: ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE |
| 4. | Legal Recognition of Electronic Records |
| 5. | Legal recognition of Electronic Signature |
| 6. | Use of Electronic Records and Electronic Signature in Government and its agencies |
| 6-A. | Delivery of Services by Service Provider |
| 7. | Retention of Electronic Records |
| 7-A. | Audit of Documents etc in Electronic form |
| 8. | Publication of rules, regulation, etc, in Electronic Gazette |
| 9. | Sections 6, 7 and 8 Not to Confer Right to insist document should be accepted in electronic form |
| 10. | Power to make rules by Central Government in respect of Electronic Signature |
| 10-A. | Validity of contracts formed through electronic means |
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| | CHAPTER IV: ATTRIBUTION, ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DISPATCH OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS |
| 11. | Attribution of Electronic Records |
| 12. | Acknowledgement of Receipt |
| 13. | Time and place of despatch and receipt of electronic record |
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| | CHAPTER V: SECURE ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SECURE ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES |
| 14. | Secure Electronic Record |
| 15. | Secure Electronic Signature |
| 16. | Security procedures and Practices |
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| | CHAPTER VI: REGULATION OF CERTIFYING AUTHORITIES |
| 17. | Appointment of Controller and other officers |
| 18. | The Controller may perform all or any of the following functions, namely |
| 19. | Recognition of foreign Certifying Authorities |
| 20. | Omitted |
| 21. | License to issue electronic signature certificates |
| 22. | Application for license |
| 23. | Renewal of license |
| 24. | Procedure for grant or rejection of license |
| 25. | Suspension of License |
| 26. | Notice of suspension or revocation of license |
| 27. | Power to delegate |
| 28. | Power to investigate contraventions |
| 29. | Access to computers and data |
| 30. | Duties of Certifying Authorities |
| 31. | Certifying Authority to ensure compliance of the Act, etc |
| 32. | Display of license |
| 33. | Surrender of license |
| 34. | Disclosure |
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| | CHAPTER VII: ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE CERTIFICATES |
| 35. | Certifying Authority for the issue of a Digital 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 |
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| | CHAPTER VIII: DUTIES OF SUBSCRIBERS |
| 40. | Generating Key Pair |
| 40-A. | Duties of subscriber of Electronic Signature Certificate |
| 41. | Acceptance of Digital Signature Certificate |
| 42. | Control of Private key |
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| | CHAPTER IX: PENALTIES, COMPENSATION AND ADJUDICATION |
| 43. | Penalty and Compensation for damage to computer, computer system, etc. |
| 43-A. | 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 |
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| | CHAPTER X: THE CYBER APPELLATE TRIBUNAL |
| 48. | Establishment of Cyber Appellate Tribunal |
| 49. | Composition of Cyber Appellate Tribunal |
| 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, allowance and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and Member |
| 52-A. | Powers of superintendence, direction, etc |
| 52-B. | Distribution of Business among Benches |
| 52-C. | Powers of the Chairperson to transfer cases |
| 52-D. | 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 Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal |
| 58. | Procedure and Powers of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal. |
| 59. | Right to legal representation |
| 60. | Limitation |
| 61. | Civil court not to have jurisdiction |
| 62. | Appeal to High court |
| 63. | Compounding of Contravention |
| 64. | Recovery of Penalty or compensation |
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| | CHAPTER XI: OFFENCES |
| 65. | Tampering with Computer Source Documents |
| 66. | Computer Related Offences |
| 66-A. | Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc. |
| 66-B. | Punishment for dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device |
| 66-C. | Punishment for identity theft |
| 66-D. | Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource |
| 66-E. | Punishment for violation of privacy |
| 66-F. | Punishment for cyber terrorism |
| 67. | Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form |
| 67-A. | Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc. in electronic form |
| 67-B. | Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc. in electronic form |
| 67-C. | Preservation and Retention of information by intermediaries |
| 68. | Power of Controller to give directions |
| 69. | Powers to issue directions for interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource |
| 69-A. | Power to issue directions for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource |
| 69-B. | Power to authorize to monitor and collect traffic data or information through any computer resource for Cyber Security |
| 70. | Protected system |
| 70-A. | National nodal agency |
| 70-B. | Indian Computer Emergency Response Team to serve as national agency for incident response |
| 71. | Penalty for misrepresentation |
| 72. | Breach of confidentiality and privacy |
| 72-A. | Punishment for Disclosure of information in breach of lawful contract |
| 73. | Penalty for publishing electronic Signature Certificate false in certain particulars |
| 74. | Publication for fraudulent purpose |
| 75. | Act to apply for offence or contraventions committed outside India |
| 76. | Confiscation |
| 77. | Compensation, penalties or confiscation not to interfere with other punishment |
| 77-A. | Compounding of Offences |
| 77-B. | Offences with three years imprisonment to be cognizable |
| 78. | Power to investigate offences |
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| | CHAPTER XII: INTERMEDIARIES NOT TO BE LIABLE IN CERTAIN CASES |
| 79. | Exemption from liability of intermediary in certain cases |
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| | CHAPTER XII A: EXAMINER OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE |
| 79-A. | Central Government to notify Examiner of Electronic Evidence |
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| | CHAPTER XIII: MISCELLANEOUS |
| 80. | Power of Police Officer and Other Officers to Enter, Search, etc. |
| 81. | Act to have Overriding effect |
| 81-A. | Application of the Act to Electronic cheque and Truncated cheque |
| 82. | Chairperson, Members, Officers and Employees to be Public Servants |
| 83. | Power to Give Direction |
| 84. | Protection of Action taken in Good Faith |
| 84-A. | Modes or methods for encryption |
| 84-B. | Punishment for abetment of offences |
| 84-C. | 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 |
| 90. | Power of State Government to make rules |
