Sec. 1] THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY 19 THE SECOND SCHEDULE [See sub-section (7) of section 3A] ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE OR ELECTRONIC AUTHENTICATION TECHNIQUE AND PROCEDURE SIL.No, @ : ; Description Procedure Q @) ” ‘50, The Third Schedule and the Fourth Schedule to the principal Act shall be omitted. PARTI Omission of ‘Third Schedule and Fourth Schedule, AMENDMENT OF THE INDIAN PENAL Cope 45 of 1860. 51. In the Indian Penal Code— (a) in section 4,— Amendment of Indian Penal Code. . (i after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:— Amendment Stagrton “(3) any person in any place without and beyond India committing offence targeting a computer resource located in India.”; (i) for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely:— } ‘Explanation.—In this section— (a) the word “offence” includes every act committed outside India which, if committed in India, would be punishable under this Code; 21 of 2000. (6) the expression “computer resource” shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause () of sub-section (/) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.’; (8) in section 40, in clause (2), after the figure “117”, the figures and word “118, Amendment of (c) in section 118, for the words “voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design”, the words “voluntarily conceals by any act or omission or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool, the existence of a design” shall be gubstituted; Amendment of section 118. 119 and 120” shall be inserted; } : § sestion'40, (d) in section 119, for the words “voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal ~Amendment of omission, the existence of a design”, the words “voluntarily conceals by any act or section 119. omission or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool, the existence of a design” shall be substituted; {e) in section 464, for the words “digital signature” wherever they occur, the words “electronic signature” shall be substituted; Amendment of section 464.

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