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THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000
(No. 21 OF 2000)
[9th June, 2000]
An Act to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic
data interchange and other means of electronic communication, commonly
referred to as "electronic commerce", which involve the use of alternatives to
paper-based methods of communication and storage of information, to facilitate
electronic filing of documents with the Government agencies and further to
amend the Indian Penal Code, the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, the Bankers' Books
Evidence Act, 1891 and the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934 and for matters
connected therewith or incidental thereto.
WHEREAS the General Assembly of the United Nations by resolution
A/RES/51/162, dated the 30th January, 1997 has adopted the Model Law on Electronic
Commerce adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law;
AND WHEREAS the said resolution recommends inter alia that all States give
favourable consideration to the said Model Law when they enact or revise their laws, in
view of the need for uniformity of the law applicable to alternatives to paper-cased
methods of communication and storage of information;
AND WHEREAS it is considered necessary to give effect to the said resolution and
to promote efficient delivery of Government services by means of reliable electronic
records.
BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-first Year of the Republic of India as
follows:—
(1) This Act may be called the Information Technology Act,