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rorism sages”
f Authorizing an Inspector to inves- f Introduced section 69, which gave-
tigate cyber offences (as against authorities the power to monitor
the Deputy Superintendent of Po- any computer resource
lice earlier) The IT act of 2000 originally contained 94
f Recognising the role of sections divided into 13 chapters and 4 sched-
ICERT(Indian Computer Emer- ules. The table below contains some of the
gency Re- sponse Team) important sections, offenses and penalty given
f Introduced section 66A which pe- in the act.
nalized sending “offensive mes-

SECTION OFFENCE PENALTY
65 Tampering with computer source doc- Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine upto
uments Rs 2 lakh or both
66 A Sending offence messages through Imprisonment upt o 3 years or fine upto
communication service, etc Rs 5 lakh or both
66 B Dishonestly receiving stolen computer Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine upto
resource or communication device Rs 1 lakh or both
66 C Identity theft Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine upto
Rs 1 lakh or both
66 D Cheating using computer resource Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine upto
Rs 1 lakh or both
66 E Violation of privacy Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine upto
Rs 2 lakh or both
66 F Cyber terrorism Imprisonment up to life
67 Publishing or transmitting obscene Imprisonment up to 5 years or fine upto
material in electronic form Rs 10 lakh or both
67 A Publishing or transmitting of material Imprisonment up to 7 years or fine upto
containing sexually explicit act Rs 10 lakh or both
67 B Publishing or transmitting of material Imprisonment up to 5 years or fine upto
depicting children in sexually explicit Rs 10 lakh or both
act Imprisonment up to 7 years or fine upto
Rs 10 lakh or both on second conviction
72 Breach of confidentiality and privacy Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine upto
Rs 1 lakh or both
73 Publishing electronic signature certifi- Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine upto
cate false in certain particulars Rs 1 lakh or both
74 Publication for fraudulent purpose Imprisonment up to 2 years or fine upto
Rs 1 lakh or both

Table 4.3.1 Important sections of the IT act of 2000

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