The Information Technology Act, 2000
ITA · 2000
CHAPTER PRELIMINARY
Ch. II · D
Ch. III · ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE
- §4Legal recognition of electronic records
- §5Legal recognition of electronic signatures
- §6Use of electronic records and electronic signatures in Government and its agencies
- §6ADelivery of services by service provider
- §7Retention of electronic records
- §7AAudit of documents, etc., maintained in electronic form
- §8Publication of rule, regulation, etc., in Electronic Gazette
- §9Sections 6, 7 and 8 not to confer right to insist document should be accepted in electronic form
- §10Power to make rules by Central Government in respect of electronic signature
- §10AValidity of contracts formed through electronic means
Ch. IV · ATTRIBUTION, ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DESPATCH OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS
Ch. V · Chapter V
Ch. VI · REGULATION OF CERTIFYING AUTHORITIES
- §17Appointment of Controller and other officers
- §18Functions of Controller
- §19Recognition of foreign Certifying Authorities
- §20Controller to act as repository.
- §21Licence to issue electronic signature Certificates
- §22Application for licence
- §23Renewal of licence
- §24Procedure for grant or rejection of licence
- §25Suspension of licence
- §26Notice of suspension or revocation of licence
- §27Power to delegate
- §28Power to investigate contraventions
- §29Access to computers and data
- §30Certifying Authority to follow certain procedures
- §31Certifying Authority to ensure compliance of the Act, etc
- §32Display of licence
- §33Surrender of licence
- §34Disclosure
Ch. VII · E S C
Ch. VIII · DUTIES OF SUBSCRIBERS
Ch. IX · P
Ch. X · A
- §48Establishment of Appellate Tribunal
- §49Composition of Cyber Appellate Tribunal.
- §50Qualifications for appointment as Chairperson and Members of Cyber Appellate Tribunal.
- §51Term of office, conditions of service, etc., of Chairperson and Members.
- §52Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Chairperson and Members.
- §52APowers of superintendence, direction, etc.
- §52BDistribution of business among Benches.
- §52CPower of Chairperson to transfer cases.
- §52DDecision by majority
- §53Filling up of vacancies.
- §54Resignation and removal.
- §55Orders constituting Appellate Tribunal to be final and not to invalidate its proceedings
- §56Staff of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal.
- §57Appeal to Appellate Tribunal
- §58Procedure and powers of the Appellate Tribunal
- §59Right to legal representation
- §60Limitation
- §61Civil court not to have jurisdiction
- §62Appeal to High Court
- §63Compounding of contraventions
- §64Recovery of penalty or compensation
Ch. XI · OFFENCES
- §65Tampering with computer source documents
- §66Computer related offences
- §66APunishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.
- §66BPunishment for dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device
- §66CPunishment for identity theft
- §66DPunishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource
- §66EPunishment for violation of privacy
- §66FPunishment for cyber terrorism
- §67Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form
- §67APunishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form
- §67BPunishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form
- §67CPreservation and retention of information by intermediaries
- §68Power of Controller to give directions
- §69Power to issue directions for interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource
- §69APower to issue directions for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource
- §69BPower to authorise to monitor and collect traffic data or information through any computer resource for cyber security
- §70Protected system
- §70ANational nodal agency
- §70BIndian Computer Emergency Response Team to serve as national agency for incident response
- §71Penalty for misrepresentation
- §72Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy
- §72APenalty
- §73Penalty for publishing electronic signature Certificate false in certain particulars
- §74Publication for fraudulent purpose
- §75Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India
- §76Confiscation
- §77Compensation, penalties or confiscation not to interfere with other punishment
- §77ACompounding of offences
- §77BOffences with three years imprisonment to be bailable
- §78Power to investigate offences
Ch. XII · INTERMEDIARIES NOT TO BE LIABLE IN CERTAIN CASES
Ch. XIIA · EXAMINER OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE
Ch. XIII · MISCELLANEOUS
- §80Power of police officer and other officers to enter, search, etc
- §81Act to have overriding effect
- §81AApplication of the Act to electronic cheque and truncated cheque
- §82Controller, Deputy Controller and Assistant Controller to be public servants
- §83Power to give directions
- §84Protection of action taken in good faith
- §84AModes or methods for encryption
- §84BPunishment for abetment of offences
- §84CPunishment for attempt to commit offences
- §85Offences by companies
- §86Removal of difficulties
- §87Power of Central Government to make rules
- §88Constitution of Advisory Committee
- §89Power of Controller to make regulations
- §90Power of State Government to make rules
- §91Amendment of Act 45 of 1860.
- §92Amendment of Act 1 of 1872.
- §93Amendment of Act 18 of 1891.
- §94Amendment of Act 2 of 1934.