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THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY
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THE SECOND SCHEDULE
[See sub-section (7) of section 3A]
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURE OR ELECTRONIC AUTHENTICATION TECHNIQUE AND PROCEDURE
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‘50, The Third Schedule and the Fourth Schedule to the principal Act shall be omitted.
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AMENDMENT OF THE INDIAN PENAL Cope
45 of 1860.
51. In the Indian Penal Code—
(a) in section 4,—
Amendment
of Indian
Penal Code.
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(i after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—
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“(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:—
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‘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;
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(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;
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(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.