Cyber Laws in India

Offences Section Under IT Act

• Tampering with computer source Documents – Sec.65 (IT Act)
• Hacking with computer systems, Data Alteration – Sec.66 (IT Act)
• Sending offensive messages through communication service, etc – Sec.66A (IT Act)
• Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device – Sec.66B (IT Act)
• Identity theft – Sec.66C (IT Act)
• Cheating by personation by using computer resource – Sec.66D (IT Act)
• Violation of privacy – Sec.66E (IT Act)
• Cyber terrorism – Sec.66F (IT Act)
• Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form Sec.67 (IT Act)
• Publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act, etc. in electronic form – Sec.67A (IT Act)
• Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc. in electronic form – Sec.67B (IT Act)
• Preservation and Retention of information by intermediaries – Sec.67C (IT Act)
• Powers to issue directions for interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource – Sec.69 (IT Act)
• Power to issue directions for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource – Sec.69A (IT Act)
• Power to authorize to monitor and collect traffic data or information through any computer resource for Cyber Security – Sec.69B (IT Act)
• Un-authorized access to protected system – Sec.70 (IT Act)
• Penalty for misrepresentation – Sec.71 (IT Act)
• Breach of confidentiality and privacy – Sec.72 (IT Act)
• Publishing False digital signature certificates – Sec.73 (IT Act)
• Publication for fraudulent purpose – Sec.74 (IT Act)
• Act to apply for offence or contraventions committed outside India – Sec.75 (IT Act)
• Compensation, penalties or confiscation not to interfere with other punishment – Sec.77 (IT Act)
• Compounding of Offences – Sec.77A (IT Act)
• Offences with three years imprisonment to be cognizable – Sec.77B (IT Act)
• Exemption from liability of intermediary in certain cases – Sec.79 (IT Act)
• Punishment for abetment of offences – Sec.84B (IT Act)
• Punishment for attempt to commit offences – Sec.84C (IT Act)
• Offences by Companies – Sec.85 (IT Act)

Note: Sec.78 of I.T. Act empowers Police Inspector to investigate cases falling under this Act

• Sending threatening messages by e-mail Sec .503 IPC
• Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman – Sec.509 IPC
• Sending defamatory messages by e-mail Sec .499 IPC
• Bogus websites, Cyber Frauds Sec .420 IPC
• E-mail Spoofing Sec .463 IPC
• Making a false document – Sec.464 IPC
• Forgery for purpose of cheating – Sec.468 IPC
• Forgery for purpose of harming reputation – Sec.469 IPC
• Web-Jacking Sec .383 IPC
• E-mail Abuse Sec .500 IPC
• Punishment for criminal intimidation – Sec.506 IPC
• Criminal intimidation by an anonymous communication – Sec.507 IPC
• When copyright infringed:- Copyright in a work shall be deemed to be infringed – Sec.51
• Offence of infringement of copyright or other rights conferred by this Act. Any person who knowingly infringes or abets the infringement of – Sec.63
• Enhanced penalty on second and subsequent covictions – Sec.63A
• Knowing use of infringing copy of computer programme to be an offence – Sec.63B
• Obscenity – Sec. 292 IPC
• Printing etc. of grossly indecent or scurrilous matter or matter intended for blackmail – Sec.292A IPC
• Sale, etc., of obscene objects to young person Sec.293 IPC
• Obscene acts and songs – Sec.294 IPC
• Theft of Computer Hardware – Sec. 378
• Punishment for theft – Sec.379
• Online Sale of Drugs NDPS Act
• Online Sale of Arms Arms Act