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Unit 14: Information Technology Act, 2000

And whereas it is considered necessary to give effect to the said resolution and to promote Notes
efficient delivery of Government services by means of reliable electronic records;

Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
(1) This Act may be called the Information Technology Act, 2000.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of India and, save as otherwise provided in this Act, it applies also
to any or contravention there under committed outside India by any person.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification, appoint
and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in
any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the
commencement of that provision.

(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to-
(a) a negotiable instrument as defined in section 13 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 (26
of 1881);
(b) a power-of-attorney as defined in section 1A of the Powers-of-Attorney Act, 1882 (7 of 1882);
(c) a trust as defined in section 3 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 (2 of 1882);

(d) a will as defined in clause (h) of section (2) of the Indian Succession Act, 1925 (39 of 1925),
including any testamentary disposition by whatever name called;

(e) any contract for the sale or conveyance of immovable property or any interest in such
property;

(f) any such class of documents or transactions as may be notified by the Central Government in
the Official Gazette.

Self Assessment

State whether the following statements are true or false:
1. All cyber-crimes are not covered under the IT Act.
2. IT act, 2000 is based on the INCITRAL model law on e-commerce, 1996.

3. Electronic data evidence is admissible in court?
4. The IT Act for legal recognition of electronic documents.
5. According to the IT Act, hacking is a punishable offence.
6. E-mail is a valid and legal form of communication in our country.

14.2 Digital Signature

(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, any subscriber may authenticate an electronic record
by affixing his digital signature.
(2) The authentication of the electronic record shall be effected by the use of asymmetric crypto
system and hash function which envelop and transform the initial electronic record into another
electronic record.

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