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