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Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 Section 51 - Bare Act

StateCentral Government
Year
Section TitleAmendment of Indian Penalcode
Act Info:

In the Indian Penal Code(45 of 1860)--

(a) Amendment of section 4.- in section 4,--

(i) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:--

"(3) any person in any place without and beyond India committing offence targeting a computer resource located in India.";

(ii) for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely:--

'Explanation--In this section--

(a) the word "offence" includes every act committed outside India which, if committed in India, would be punishable under this Code;

(b) the expression "computer resource" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (k) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000(21 of 2000).';

(b) Amendment of section 40.- in section 40, in clause (2), after the figure "117", the figures and word "118, 11 9 and 120" shall be inserted;

(c) Amendment of section 118.-- in section 118, for the words "voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design", the words "voluntarily conceals by any act or omission or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool, the existence of a design" shall be substituted;

(d) Amendment of section 119 - in section 119, for the words "voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design", the words "voluntarily conceals by any act or omission or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool, the existence of a design" shall be substituted;

(e) Amendment of section 464.- in section 464, for the words "digital signature" wherever they occur, the words "electronic signature" shall be substituted;

PART IV

Amendment of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872




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