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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 76

CONFISCATION Any computer, computer system, floppies, compact disks, tape drives or any other accessories related

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Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 76 is part of Information Technology Act, 2000 - CONFISCATION Any computer, computer system, floppies, compact disks, tape drives or any other accessories related. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

SECTION 76: CONFISCATION Any computer, computer system, floppies, compact disks, tape drives or any other accessories related thereto, in respect of which any provision of this Act, rules, orders or regulations made thereunder has been or is being contravened, shall be liable to confiscation: Provided that where it is established to the satisfaction of the court adjudicating the confiscation that the person in whose possession, power or control of any such computer, computer system, floppies, compact disks, tape drives or any other accessories relating thereto is found is not responsible for the contravention of the provisions of this Act, rules, orders or regulations made thereunder, the court may, instead of making an order for confiscation of such computer, computer system, floppies, compact disks, tape drives or any other accessories related thereto, make such other order authorised by this Act against the person contravening of the provisions of this Act, rules, orders or regulations made thereunder as it may think fit.

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What does Information Technology Act, 2000 Section 76 provide?

Section Section 76 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (CONFISCATION Any computer, computer system, floppies, compact disks, tape drives or any other accessories related) 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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