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The IT ACT 2000

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/590290

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About this act

The IT ACT 2000 (2000) is Tripura state legislation published on SooperKanoon in full. Use this page to read the bare act and jump to judgments that cite it.

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Act Text

Chapter1 - PRELIMINARY
Section1 - Short title, extent and commencement
Section2 - Definitions
Chapter2 - DIGITAL SIGNATURE
Section3 - Authentication of electronic records
Chapter3 - ELECTRONIC GOVERNANCE
Section4 - Legal recognition of electronic records
Section5 - Legal recognition of digital signatures
Section6 - Use of electronic records and digital signatures in Government and its agencies
Section7 - Retention of electronic records
Section8 - Publication of rule, regulation, etc., in Electronic Gazette
Section9 - Sections 6,7 and 8 not to confer right to insist document should be accepted in electronic form
Section10 - Power to make rules by Central Government in respect of digital signature
Chapter4 - ATTRIBUTION, ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND DESPATCH OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS
Section11 - Attribution of electronic records
Section12 - Acknowledgment of receipt
Section13 - Time and place of despatch and receipt of electronic record
Chapter5 - SECURE ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SECURE DIGITAL SIGNATURES
Section14 - Secure electronic record
Section15 - Secure digital signature
Section16 - Security procedure
Chapter6 - REGULATION OF CERTIFYING AUTHORITIES
Section17 - Appointment of Controller and other officers
Section18 - Functions of Controller
Section19 - Recognition of foreign Certifying Authorities
Section20 - Controller to act as repository
Section21 - Licence to issue Digital Signature Certificates
Section22 - Application for licence
Section23 - Renewal of licence
Section24 - Procedure for grant or rejection of licence
Section25 - Suspension of licence
Section26 - Notice of suspension or revocation of licence
Section27 - Power to delegate
Section28 - Power to investigate contraventions
Section29 - Access to computers and data
Section30 - Certifying Authority to follow certain procedures
Section31 - Certifying Authority to ensure compliance of the Act, etc
Section32 - Display of licence
Section33 - Surrender of licence
Section34 - Disclosure
Chapter7 - DIGITAL SIGNATURE
Section35 - Certifying Authority to issue Digital Signature Certificate
Section36 - Representations upon issuance of Digital Signature Certificate. A Certifying Authority while issuing a Digital
Section37 - Suspension of Digital Signature Certificate
Section38 - Revocation of Digital Signature Certificate
Section39 - Notice of suspension or revocation
Chapter8 - DUTIES OF SUBSCRIBERS
Section40 - Generating key pair
Section41 - Acceptance of Digital Signature Certificate
Section42 - Control of private key
Chapter9 - PENALTIES AND ADJUD1CATION
Section43 - Penalty for damage to computer, computer system, etc
Section44 - Penalty for failure to furnish information return, etc
Section45 - Residuary penalty
Section46 - Power to adjudicate
Section47 - Factors to be taken into account by the adjudicating officer
Chapter10 - THE CYBER REGULATIONS APPELLATE
Section48 - Establishment of Cyber Appellate Tribunal
Section49 - Composition of Cyber Appellate Tribunal
Section50 - Qualifications for appointment as Presiding Officer of the Cyber Appellate
Section51 - Term of office
Section52 - Salary, allowances and other terms and conditions of service of Presiding
Section53 - Filling up of vacancies
Section54 - Resignation and removal
Section55 - Orders constituting Appellate Tribunal to be final and not to invalidate its
Section56 - Staff of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal
Section57 - Appeal to Cyber Appellate Tribunal
Section58 - Procedure and powers of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal
Section59 - Right to legal representation
Section60 - Limitation
Section61 - Civil court not to have jurisdiction
Section62 - Appeal to High Court
Section63 - Compounding of contraventions
Section64 - Recovery of penalty
Chapter11 - OFFENCES
Section65 - Tampering with computer source documents
Section65B - Section 65B - Admissibility of electronic records
Section66 - Hacking with computer system
Section67 - Publishing of information which is obscene in electronic form
Section68 - Power of Controller to give directions
Section69 - Directions of Controller to a subscriber to extend facilities to decrypt information
Section70 - Protected system
Section71 - Penalty for misrepresentation
Section72 - Penalty for breach of confidentiality and privacy
Section73 - Penalty for publishing Digital Signature Certificate false in certain particulars
Section74 - Publication for fraudulent purpose
Section75 - Act to apply for offence or contravention commited outside India
Section76 - Confiscation
Section77 - Penalties or confiscation not to interfere with other punishments
Section78 - Power to investigate offences
Chapter12 - NETWORK SERVICE PROVIDERS NOT TO BE LIABLE IN CERTAIN CASES
Section79 - Network service providers not to be liable in certain cases
Section80 - Power of police officer and other officers to enter, search, etc
Section81 - Act to have overriding effect
Section82 - Controller, Deputy Controller and Assistant Controllers to be public
Section83 - Power to give directions
Section84 - Protection of action taken in good faith
Section85 - Offences by companies
Section85B - (1) In any proceedings involving a secure electronic record, the Court shall presume unless contrary is proved, that
Section85C - The Court shall presume, unless contrary is proved, that the information listed in a Digital Signature Certificate is
Section86 - Removal of difficulties
Section87 - Power of Central Government to make rules
Section88 - Constitution of Advisory Committee
Section89 - Power of Controller to make regulations
Section90 - Power of State Government to make rules

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