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Preamble

1.Preliminary
2.Digital Signature
3.Electronic Governance
4.Attribution, Acknowledgement Despatch of Electronic Records
5.Secure Electronic Records and Secure Digital Signatures
6.Regulation of Certifying Authorities
7.Digital Signature Certificates
8.Duties of Subscribers
9.Penalties and Adjudication
10.The Cyber Regulations Appellate Tribunal
11.Offences
12.Network Service Providers Not to be liable in Certain cases
13.Miscellaneous

Amendments to Other Acts

1.Indian Penal Code
2.Indian Evidence Act-1872
3.Bankers Books Evidence Act-1891
4.RBI Act-1934

Information Technology Act, 2000

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Section No

V. SECURE ELECTRONIC RECORDS AND SECURE DIGITAL SIGNATURES

Secure Electronic Record

Where any security procedure has been applied to an electronic record at a specific point of time, then such record shall be deemed to be a secure electronic record from such point of time to the time of verification.

Secure Digital Signature

If, by application of a security procedure agreed to by the parties concerned, it can be verified that a digital signature, at the lime it was affixed, was -

(a)	unique to the subscriber affixing it;
(b)	capable of identifying such subscriber;
(c)	created in a manner or using a means under the exclusive control of the subscriber and is linked to the electronic record to which it relates in such a manner that if the electronic record was altered the digital signature would be invalidated, then such digital signature shall be deemed to be a secure digital signature.

Security procedure

The Central Government shall for the purposes of this Act prescribe the security procedure having regard to commercial circumstances prevailing at the time when the procedure was used, including

(a)	the nature of the transaction;
(b)	the level of sophistication of the parties with reference to their technological capacity;
(c)	the volume of similar transactions engaged in by other parties;
(d)	the availability of alternatives offered to but rejected by any party;
(e)	the cost of alternative procedures; and
(f)	the procedures in general use for similar types of transactions or communications.
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