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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT 2000
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Banking Regulation Act 1949
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IT Act 2000
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Indian Penal Code
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IT (amendment) Act 2008
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Information Technology Amendment Act 2008 (IT Act 2008) is a substantial addition to India’s Information Technology Act 2000. The Information Technology Amendment Act was passed by the Indian Parliament in October 2008 and came into force a year later.
Detailed explanation-2: -The IT Act provides legal recognition to electronic commerce transactions, allows electronic filing of documents and penalises computer related crimes. The government set up an expert committee to review the IT Act in January 2005.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many cybercrimes for which no express provisions existed in the IT Act, 2000 now stand included by the IT (Amendment) Act, 2008. Sending of offensive or false messages (s 66A), receiving stolen computer resource (s 66B), identity theft (s 66C), cheating by personation (s 66D), violation of privacy (s 66E).