Experiment No:1
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Name:- Chaitali Anil Patil
Class:- B.E. (A)
Subject:- Cyber Security Lab
Roll No:- 76
Aim: Study of Information Technology Act – Indian Perspective.
Description: Write Section 65 to Section 78 with description of the offence and its penalties as per Information Technology Act 2000. Write only the amendments of respective sections as per Information Technology (Amendment) Act 2008.
Section 65. Tampering with computer source documents.
Description: Any one who is purposely or intentionally covers up, obliterates or changes or purposefully or purposely causes another to stow away, annihilate, or modify any PC source code utilized for a PC, PC program, PC framework or PC organization, when the PC source code is needed to be kept or kept up by law.
Penalty: Imprisonment as long as three years, or with fine which may stretch out up to two lakh rupees, or with both.
Section 66. Computer related offences.
Description: On the off chance that any individual, unscrupulously or falsely, does any demonstration alluded to in section 43.
Penalty: Imprisonment for a term which may stretch out to three years or with fine which may reach out to five lakh rupees or with both.
Amendment:
66A. Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.
66B. Punishment for dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device.
66C. Punishment for identity theft.
66D. Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resource.
66E. Punishment for violation of privacy.
66F. Punishment for cyber terrorism.
Section 67. Punishment for publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form.
Description: Whoever distributes or sends or causes to be distributed or communicated in the electronic structure, any material which is scurrilous or claims to the lecherous interest.
Penalty: Imprisonment for a term which may stretch out to three years and with fine which may reach out to five lakh rupees and in case of second or resulting conviction with detainment of one or the other portrayal for a term which may stretch out to five years and furthermore with fine which may reach out to ten lakh rupees.
Amendment:
67A. Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form.
67B. Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form.
67C. Preservation and retention of information by intermediaries.
Section 68. Power of Controller to give directions.
Description: The Controller may, by request, direct a Certifying Authority or any worker of such Authority to take such measures or stop continuing such exercises as indicated in the request if those are important to guarantee.
Penalty: Imprisonment for a term not surpassing two years or a fine not surpassing one lakh rupees or with both.
Section 69. Power to issue directions for interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource.
Description: This Section of the Information Technology Act empowers the Central or State Government or any other competent authority to direct any agency of the appropriate government to monitor, intercept or decrypt any information transmitted, generated, received or stored in any computer resource.
Penalty : Imprisonment for a term which may reach out to seven years and will likewise be responsible to fine.
Amendment:
69A. Power to issue directions for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource.
69B. Power to authorize to monitor and collect traffic data or information through any computer resource for cyber security.
Section 70. Protected system.
Description: The appropriate Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, declare any computer resource which directly or indirectly affects the facility of Critical Information Infrastructure, to be a protected system.
Penalty: Imprisonment of one or the other depiction for a term which may reach out to ten years and will likewise be obligated to fine.
Amendment:
70A. National nodal agency.
Section 71. Penalty for misrepresentation.
Description: Whoever makes any distortion to, or smothers any material reality from the Controller or the Certifying Authority for acquiring any permit or Certificate, by and large.
Penalty: Imprisonment for a term which may stretch out to two years, or with fine which may reach out to one lakh rupees, or with both.
Section 72. Penalty for Breach of confidentiality and privacy.
Description: It provides for a criminal penalty where a government official discloses records and information accessed in the course of his or her duties without the consent of the concerned person, unless permitted by other laws.
Penalty: Imprisonment for a term which may stretch out to two years, or with fine which may reach out to one lakh rupees, or with both.
Amendment:
72A. Punishment for disclosure of information in breach of lawful contract.
Section 73. Penalty for publishing Certificate false in certain particulars.
Description: It is for publishing electronic Signature Certificate false in certain particulars. Any person who contravenes the provisions of sub-section 1 shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine which may extend to one lakh rupees, or with both.
Penalty: Imprisonment for a term which may stretch out to two years, or with fine which may reach out to one lakh rupees, or with both.
Section 74. Publication for fraudulent purpose.–Whoever intentionally makes, distributes or in any case makes accessible a Certificate for any fake or unlawful reason.
Penalty: Imprisonment for a term which may reach out to two years, or with fine which may stretch out to one lakh rupees, or with both.
Section 75. Act to apply for offence or contravention committed outside India.
Description: If any person have committed an offence, or contravention committed outside India, and if the act or conduct constituting the offence or contravention involves a computer, computer system or computer network located in India, then the provisions of this Act shall apply also to any offence or contravention
Section 76. Confiscation.
Description: Any PC, PC framework, floppies, reduced plates, tape drives or some other frill related thereto, in regard of which any arrangement of this Act, rules, requests or guidelines made thereunder has been or is being contradicted, will be obligated to seizure:
Section 77. Compensation, penalties or confiscation not to interfere with other punishment.
Description: No remuneration granted, punishment forced or seizure made under this Act will forestall the honor of pay or inconvenience of some other punishment or discipline under some other law for the time being in power.
Amendment:
77A. Compounding of offences.
77B. Offences with three years imprisonment to be bailable.
Section 78. Power to investigate offences.
Description: Despite anything contained in the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), a cop not underneath the position of will explore any offense under this Act.
References:
3.https://www.cert-in.org.in/PDF/itbill2000.pdf
4.https://www.cert-in.org.in/PDF/it_amendment_act2008.pdf
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