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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 54

Resignation and Removal

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Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 54 is part of Information Technology Act, 2000 - Resignation and Removal. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

(1) The Presiding Officer of a Cyber Appellate Tribunal may, by notice in writing under his hand addressed to the Central Government, resign his office:

Provided that the said 1[Chairperson or the Member] shall, unless he is permitted by the Central Government to relinquish his office sooner, continue to hold office until the expiry of three months from the date of receipt of such notice or until a person duly appointed as his successor enters upon his office or until the expiry of his term of office, whichever is the earliest.

(2) The 1[Chairperson or the Member] of a Cyber Appellate Tribunal shall not be removed from his office except by an order by the Central Government on the ground of proved misbehavior or incapacity after an inquiry made by a Judge of the Supreme Court in which the 1[Chairperson or the Member] concerned has been informed of the charges against him and given a reasonable opportunity of being heard in respect of these charges.

(3) The Central Government may, by rules, regulate the procedure for the investigation of misbehavior or incapacity of the aforesaid 1[Chairperson or the Member].

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1. Substituted vide Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008 Prior to substitution text read as under :-

"Presiding Officer"

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