Q. Which of the following acts were amended by IT Act 2008?

A
Indian Penal Code 1860
B
The Indian Evidence Act 1872
D
All of the above
Solution:

A major amendment was made in 2008. It introduced Section 66A which penalized sending “offensive messages”. It also introduced Section 69, which gave authorities the power of “interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource”. Additionally, it introduced provisions addressing – pornography, child porn, cyber terrorism and voyeurism. The amendment was passed on 22 December 2008 without any debate in Lok Sabha. The next day it was passed by the Rajya Sabha. It was signed into law by President Pratibha Patil, on 5 February 2009.

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