INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000
PRESENTED BY :
Balkrishna Kumar
Introduction
Information technology(IT) is a set of related field that encompass computer
system, software programming languages and data and information processing
and storage.
Information Technology(IT), is the use of technology to manage, process,
protect and exchange information.
It is a broad field that includes the use of hardware, software, services and
infrastructure to deliver information using voice, data and video.
Act is a formal decision, law or the like, by a legislature, ruler, court, other
authority; decree; statute; judgement, resolve or award:
Information Technology Act 2000 is a primary law in India dealing with
cybercrime and electronic commerce
Secondary or subordinate legislation to the IT Act includes the Intermediary
Guidelines Rules 2011 and The Information Technology( Intermediary
Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules 2021.
Brief Sketch about IT Act 2000
Citation : Information Technology Act, 2000
Enacted by : Parliament of India
Enacted : 9 June 2000
Assented to : 9 June 2000
Signed : 9 June 2000
Commenced : 17 Oct 2000
Introduced by : Pramod Mahajan (Minister of Communication and
Information Technology)
Amendment : One Time in the year 2008(IT Amendment Act 2008)
Related Legislation : IT Rules 2021
Brief Sketch about IT Act 2000
Total no of chapters : 13
No of Schedules : 04
No of Sections : 94
Framework : Legal Framework for E- Governance
Legal Recognition : Electronic Records and Digital signature
Note: The Act also amended various sections of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, the Indian
Evidence Act 1872, The Banker’s Book Evidence Act 1891 and The RBI Act 1934
Important Information about IT Act 2000
There was insufficient cyber laws to deal with cyber crime
Model law on E- commerce (MLEC) was proposed by United Nation Commission on
International Trade law (UNCITRAL)
It was adopted in the year 1996
It was also adopted by General Assembly of United Nations by passing a resolution on
30 jan 1997
India was a founder member of UNCITRAL and also a signatory to this model law and
hence India had to enacted the IT Act 2000
The Act was amended in 2008 which came into force from 27 Oct. 2009
History
It is the Primary Law in India which deals with the It Act and E- Commerce
In India the Bill was finalised by a Group of officials headed by Ministers of
Information Technology Mr. Pramod Mahajan
It was passed in the Budget session of 2000 and was signed by President Shree K R
Narayanan on 9 June 2000
It provides legal Framework for Electronic Governance by giving recoginition to
Digital Signature and Electronic Records.
Structure of IT Act 2000
IT Act 2000 Contains 94 sections divided in 13 chapters and 4 schedules
This act was further amended in 2008
Section 91,92,93 and 94 and Schedule 3 and 4 were omitted under this amendment
In 2017 no of section were omitted and changed mainly in chapter 10 by the much
debated finance act of 2017 which merged Cyber Appellate Tribunal with the Telecom
Dispute Settlement and appellate tribunal
It also amended various sections of IPC 1860, IEA 1872,Bankers Book Evidence Act,
RBI Act 1934 to make them complaints with new technologies.
Preamble of IT Act 2000
The preamble of The Information Technology Act 2000 states that the act was enacted
to :
Provide Legal Recognition for Electronic transaction, also known as “Electronic
Commerce”
Promote the Growth of electronic transactions.
Facilitate E- Governance.
Prevent Computer based crimes.
Ensures Security practices and procedures.
Chapter lll
Legal Recognition
Section 4 :
Printed
Written = E - Format
Type
Section 5 : Signed Documents = E – signed Documents
where any law provide that information or any other matter shall
be authenticated by affixing the signature or any documents shall be signed and bear the
signature any person then not with standing any thing containing such law, such
requirement deemed to having satisfy, if such information or matter. Authenticated by
means of electronic signature.
