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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 67

PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION WHICH IS OBSCENE IN ELECTRONIC FORM Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published

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Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 67 is part of Information Technology Act, 2000 - PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION WHICH IS OBSCENE IN ELECTRONIC FORM Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 67: PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION WHICH IS OBSCENE IN ELECTRONIC FORM Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published in the electronic form, any material which is lascivious or appeals to the prurient interest or if its effect is such as to tend to deprave and corrupt persons who are likely, having regard to all relevant circumstances, to read, see or hear the matter contained or embodied in it, shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees and in the event of a second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to ten years and also with fine which may extend to two lakh rupees.

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What does Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 67 provide?

Section Section 67 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (PUBLISHING OF INFORMATION WHICH IS OBSCENE IN ELECTRONIC FORM Whoever publishes or transmits or causes to be published) is reproduced on this page as part of the Information Technology Act, 2000. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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