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Information Technology Act, 2000 Amending Act 1

Title: Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008

State: Central

Year: 2000

.....TECHNOLOGY (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2008 [Act No. 10 of 2009] [5th February 2009] PREAMBLE An Act further to amend the Information Technology Act, 2000. Be it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-- PART I Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement (1) This Act may be called the Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008. (2) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint: Provided that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. PART II Amendments to the Information Technology Act, 2000 2. Substitution of words "digital signature" by words "electronic signature". In the Information Technology Act, 2000 (hereinafter in this Part referred to as the 21 of 2000. principal Act), for the words "digital signature" occurring in the Chapter, section, subsection and clause referred to in the Table below, the words "electronic signature" shall be substituted. .....

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Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008 Part 2 50

Title: Amendments to the Information Technology Act, 2000

State: Central

Year: 2008

.....that in prescribing such security procedures and practices, the Central Government shall have regard to the commercial circumstances, nature of transactions and such other related factors as it may consider appropriate.'. Section 12 - Amendment of section 17 In section 17 of the principal Act,-- (a) in sub-section (1), for the words "and Assistant Controllers", the words ", Assistant Controllers, other officers and employees" shall be substituted; and (b) in sub-section (4), for the words "and Assistant Controllers", the words ", Assistant Controllers, other officers and employees" shall be substituted.". Section 13 - Omission of section 20 Section 20 of the principal Act shall be omitted. Section 14 - Amendment of section 29 In section 29 of the principal Act, in sub-section (1), for the words "any contravention of the provisions of this Act, rules or regulations made thereunder", the words "any contravention of the provisions of this Chapter" shall be substituted. Section 15 - Amendment of section 30 In section 30 of the principal Act,-- (i) in clause (c), after the word "assured", the word "and" shall be omitted; (ii) after clause (c), the following.....

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Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 [Repealed] Repealing Act 1

Title: Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999

State: Central

Year: 1973

.....of section 10 to deal in foreign exchange or foreign securities; (d) "Bench" means a Bench of the Appellate Tribunal; (e) "capital account transaction" means a transaction which alters the assets or liabilities, including contingent liabilities, outside India of persons resident in India or assets or liabilities in India of persons resident outside India, and includes transactions referred to in sub-section (3) of section 6; (f) "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Appellate Tribunal; (g) "chartered accountant" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (b) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 (38 of 1949); (h) "currency" includes all currency notes, postal notes, postal orders, money orders, cheques, drafts, travellers cheques, letter of credit, bills of exchange and promissory notes, credit cards or such other similar instruments, as may be notified by the Reserve Bank; (i) "currency notes" means and includes cash in the form of coins and bank notes; (j) "current account transaction" means a transaction other than a capital account transaction and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing such transaction.....

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Right to Information Act, 2005 Chapter II

Title: Right to Information and Obligations of Public Authorities

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....the same forthwith to the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer or senior officer specified under sub-section (1) of section 19 or the Central Information Commission or the State Information Commission, as the case may be. Provided that where an application for information or appeal is given to a Central Assistant Public Information Officer or a State Assistant Public Information Officer, as the case may be, a period of five days shall be added in computing the period for response specified under sub-section (1) of section 7. (3) Every Central Public Information-Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall deal with requests from persons seeking information and render reasonable assistance to the persons seeking such information. (4) The Central Public Information Officer or State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, may seek the assistance of any other officer as he or she considers it necessary for the proper discharge of his or her duties. (5) Any officer, whose assistance has been sought under sub-section (4), shall render all assistance to the Central Public Information Officer or.....

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Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 Chapter 2

Title: Regulation and Management of Foreign Exchange

State: Central

Year: 1999

.....Central Government may, in public interest and in consultation with the Reserve Bank, impose such reasonable restrictions for current account transactions as may be prescribed. Section 6 - Capital account transactions (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2),any person may sell or draw foreign exchange to or from an authorised person for acapital account transaction. (2) The Reserve Bank may, in consultation with the Central Government, specify - (a) any class or classes of capital account transactions which are permissible; (b) the limit up to which foreign exchange shall be admissible for such transactions: Provided that the Reserve Bank shall not impose any restriction on the drawal of foreign exchange for payments due on account of amortization of loans or for depreciation of direct investments in the ordinary course of business. (3) Without prejudice to the generality of the provisions of sub-section (2), the Reserve Bank may, by regulations prohibit, restrict or regulate the following: - (a) transfer or issue of any foreign security by a person resident in India; (b) transfer or issue of any security by a person resident outside India; (c).....

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The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 No. 42 of 2010[26th September, 2010.] Complete Act

Title: The Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 No. 42 of 2010[26th September, 2010.]

State: Central

Year: 2010

.....it in this behalf;(ii) of any currency, whether Indian or foreign;(iii) of any security as defined in clause (h) of section 2 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 and includes any foreign security as defined in clause (o) of section 2 of` the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999.Explanation 1.- A donation, delivery or transfer of any article, currency or foreign security referred to in this clause by any person who has received it from any foreign source, either directly or through one or more persons, shall also be deemed to be foreign contribution within the meaning of this clause.Explanation 2.- The interest accrued on the foreign contribution deposited in any bank referred to in sub-section (1) of section 17 or any other income derived from the foreign contribution or interest thereon shall also be deemed to be foreign contribution within the meaning of this clause.Explanation 3.- Any amount received, by any person from any foreign source in India, by way of fee (including fees charged by an educational institution in India from foreign student) or towards cost in lieu of goods or services rendered by such person in the ordinary course of his business, trade or.....

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The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2010 No. 25 of 2010[19th August, 2010.] Complete Act

Title: The Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2010 No. 25 of 2010[19th August, 2010.]

State: Central

Year: 2010

.....the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (i) of section 4 of the Weapons of Mass Destruction and their Delivery Systems (Prohibition of Unlawful Activities) Act, 2005.'. 3. Amendment of title of Chapter II. - In the principal Act, in sub-heading below "Chapter II", for the words "EXPORT AND IMPORT POLICY", the words "FOREIGN TRADE POLICY" shall be substituted. 4. Amendment of section 3. - In section 3 of the principal Act,-(a) in sub-section (2),-(i) for the words "import or export of goods", the words "import or export of goods or services or technology" shall be substituted;(ii) after sub-section (2), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-"Provided that the provisions of this sub-section shall be applicable, in case of import or export of services or technology, only when the service or technology provider is availing benefits under the foreign trade policy or is dealing with specified services or specified technologies.".(b) after sub-section (3), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:-"(4) without prejudice to anything contained in any other law, rule, regulation, notification or order, no permit or licence shall be necessary for import or export.....

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Right to Information Act, 2005 Chapter III

Title: The Central Information Commission

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....appointment is, in receipt of retirement benefits in respect of any previous service rendered in a Corporation established by or under any Central Act or State Act or a Government company owned or controlled by the Central Government or the State Government, his salary in respect of the service as the Chief Information Commissioner or the Information Commissioner shall be reduced by the amount of pension equivalent to the retirement benefits: Provided also that the salaries, allowances and other conditions of service of the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners shall not be varied to their disadvantage after their appointment. (6) The Central Government shall provide the Chief Information Commissioner and the Information Commissioners with such officers and employees as may be necessary for the efficient performance of their functions under this Act, and the salaries and allowances payable to, and the terms and conditions of service of the officers and other employees appointed for the purpose of this Act shall be such as may be prescribed. Section 14 - Removal of Information Commissioner or Deputy Information Commissioner (1) Subject to the.....

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Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 1976 Chapter 2

Title: Regulation of Foreign Contribution and Foreign Hospitality

State: Central

Year: 1976

.....or both. (3 ) No person receiving any currency, whether Indian or foreign, from a foreign source on behalf of any association, referred to in sub-section (1) of section 6 , shall deliver such currency-- (i) to any association or organisation other than the association for which it was received, or (ii) to any other person, if he knows or has reasonable cause to believe that such other person intends, or is likely, to deliver such currency to an association other than the association for which such currency was received. ____________________ 1. Substituted by Act 1 of 1985, sec. 3, for "Government servant" w.r.e.f. 20-10-1984. Section 5 - Organisation of a political nature not to accept foreign contribution except with the prior permission of the Central Government (1) No organisation of a political nature, not being a political party, shall, accept any foreign contribution except with the prior permission of the Central Government. Explanation.-For the purposes of this section, "organisation of a political nature, not being a political party" means such organisation as the Central Government may, having regard to the activities of the organisation or the ideology.....

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Right to Information Act, 2005 Section 12

Title: Constitution of Central Information Commission

State: Central

Year: 2005

.....Central Information Commission snail vest in the ChiefInformation Commissioner who shall be assisted by the Information Commissionersand may exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things which may beexercised or done by the Central Information Commission autonomously withoutbeing subjected to directions by any other authority under this Act. (5) The Chief Information Commissioner and InformationCommissioners shall be persons of eminence in public life with wide knowledgeand experience in law, science and technology, social service, management,journalism, mass media or administration and governance. (6) The Chief Information Commissioner or an InformationCommissioner shall not be a Member of Parliament or Member of the Legislatureof any State or Union territory, as the case may be, or hold any other officeof profit or connected with any political party or carrying on any business orpursuing any profession. (7) The headquarters of the Central Information Commission shallbe at Delhi and the Central Information Commission may, with the previousapproval of the Central Government, establish offices at other places in India.

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