Note: The data in the presentation is related to the year 2018

1. INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
ACT

2. CONTENTS
 Introduction
 Summary
 Objectives
 Amendments
 Offences and penalties
 Cases
 Conclusion
 References

3. INTRODUCTION
 Information Technology Act is the primary law in
India dealing with cybercrimes and electronic
commerce.
 Act enacted by the parliament of India.
 Date enacted 9 june,2000.
 Date commenced 17 october,2000.
 The bill was finalised by then Minister of IT ,
Promod mahajan.
 Based on United Nations model law on electronic
commerce.

4. SUMMARY
 IT Act,2000 contains 94 sections, divided in 13
chapters and 4 schedules.
 Law applies to whole of India.
 Persons of other nation can also be indicated
under the law ,if the crime involves a computer
or network located in India.
 India – 12th country in the world to adopt it.
 Regulates e-commerce, facilitates e-
governance and prevents cyber crimes.

5. OBJECTIVES
 To provide legal recognitions to electronic
record and digital signature to enable
conclusion of contracts through electronic
medium.
 To create civil and criminal liabilities for
contravention.
 To promote usage of electronic records &
digital signatures in government offices and
agencies.
 IT Act aims at amending various Indian Acts to
make them compatible with latest technologies

6. AMENDMENTS TO IT ACT
 Focusing on data privacy.
 Defining cyber cafe.
 Defining reasonable security practices to be
followed by corporate.
 Inclusion of additional cyber crimes like child
pornography and cyber terrorism.
 Authorizing an inspector to investigate cyber
offences.

7. E-GOVERNANCE UNDER IT
ACT

8. FACILITATING E-
GOVERNANCE
 Section 4 provides legal recognition to electronic
records.
 Section 5 confers legal recognition to digital
signatures.
 Section 6 aims to promote use of electronic records
and digital signatures.
 Section 7 allows retention of electronic records akin to
paper based records.
 Publication of rules, regulations, bylaws, and
notifications in electronic gazette is legally recognised.
 Railways has started the internet reservation facility.
 Ministry of company affairs has launched its online
filing automated system.

9. CYBER
CRIMES

10. CYBER CRIME SCENARIOS
 Harassment via fake profile on social
networking site.
 Online hate community.
 Account hacking.
 Credit card fraud.
 Web defacement.
 Cyber terrorism.
 Source code theft.
 Online sale of illegal articles.

12. SECTION OFFENCES PENALTY
65 Tampering with computer
source documents Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with
fine up to ₹200,000
66 Hacking with computer
system
Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with
fine up to ₹500,000
66B Receiving stolen
computers or
communication device Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with
fine up to ₹100,000
66C Using password of
another person
Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with
fine up to ₹100,000
66D
Cheating using computer
resource
Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with
fine up to ₹100,000
66F Act of cyber terrorism Imprisonment up to life.

13. SECTIONS OFFENCE PENALTY
67B Predating children online Imprisonment up to five
years, or/and with fine up
to ₹1,000,000 on first
conviction. Imprisonment up
to seven years, or/and with
fine up to ₹1,000,000 on
second conviction.
67C Failure to maintain record Imprisonment up to three
years, or/and with fine.
68 Failure to comply with order Imprisonment up to three
years, or/and with fine up to
200,000.
43(A) Compensation for failure to
protect data
Imprisonment up to 3 years
or /and with fine.
71 Misrepresentation Imprisonment up to three
years, or/and with fine up
to ₹100,000

14. NOTABLE CASES
 Mphasis BPO fraud 2005
 Fake profile of president posted by imposter.
 Bomb hoax mail.
 Cyber terrorism-BSE and NSE.
 1,17,000 cyber crime incidents were reported
from 2014 to 2017.
 In 2017, around 53,000 incidents were
reported.

15. CONCLUSION
The law provides enabling legal framework
that should anybody commits any of these
cyber crimes, a case can be registered and if
appropriate, relevant electronic evidence is
produced then appropriate conviction can be
done.

16. REFERNCES
 Information Technology Act, 2000 - Wikipedia
 http://meity.gov.in/content/view-it-act-2000