23320 evsjv‡`k †M‡RU, AwZwi³, A‡±vei 6, 2019 CHAPTER I Preliminary 1. Short title and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Digital Security Act, 2018. (2) It shall come into force at once. 2. Definitions.(1) In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the subject or context (a) “Appellate Tribunal” means the Cyber Appellate Tribunal constituted under section 82 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 (Act No. XXXIX of 2006); (b) “data storage” means information, knowledge, event, basic concept or guideline presented as text, image, audio or video format which (i) is being or has been processed by any computer or computer system or computer network in a formal way; and (ii) has been processed for use in any computer or computer system or computer network; (c) “Agency” means the Digital Security Agency established under section 5 of this Act; (d) “Computer Emergency Response Team” means the National Computer Emergency Response Team or Computer Emergency Response Team formed under section 9; (e) “computer system” means a process interconnected with one or more computers or digital devices capable of collecting, sending and storing information singly or being connected with each other; (f) “Council” means the National Digital Security Council constituted under section 12; (g) “critical information infrastructure” means any external or virtual information infrastructure declared by the Government that controls, processes, circulates or preserves any information-data or electronic information and, if damaged or critically affected, may adversely affect (i) public safety or financial security or public health, (ii) national security or national integrity or sovereignty; (h) “Tribunal” means the Cyber Tribunal constituted under section 68 of the Information and Communication Technology Act, 2006 (Act No. XXXIX of 2006);