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Section 66A Information Technology Act

December 5, 2012 By 2 Comments

Sec 66A: Punishment for sending offensive messages through communication service, etc.

Any person who sends, by means of a computer resource or a communication device –

a) any information that is grossly offensive or has menacing character; or

b) any information which he knows to be false, but for the purpose of causing annoyance, inconvenience, danger, obstruction, insult, injury, criminal intimidation, enmity, hatred, or ill will, persistently by making use of such computer resource or a communication device,

c) any electronic mail or electronic mail message for the purpose of causing annoyance or inconvenience or to deceive or to mislead the addressee or recipient about the origin of such messages

shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and with fine.

Explanation: For the purposes of this section, terms “Electronic mail” and “Electronic Mail Message” means a message or information created or transmitted or received on a computer, computer system, computer resource or communication device including attachments in text, image, audio, video and any other electronic record, which may be transmitted with the message.

Filed Under: India, Law

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    December 12, 2012 at 3:22 pm

    […] comments about the Mumbai Bandh late Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray’s death in terms of Section 66A of Information Technology Act, 2000 (Amended by Act of 2008) and section 295A of the Indian penal Code. One girl had just questioned […]

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    December 13, 2012 at 8:39 am

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