Part III

AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIAN PENAL CODE( 45 of 1860)

Inserted vide ITAA 2008

In the Indian Penal Code -

(a) Amendment to Section 4

in section 4,-,
(i) after clause (2), the following clause shall be inserted namely:-

(3) any person in any place without and beyond India committing offence targeting a computer resource located in India
 

(ii) for the Explanation, the following Explanation shall be substituted, namely:-
 

(a) the word "offence" includes every act committed outside India which, if committed in India would be punishable under this code.
(b) the expression "computer resource" shall have the meaning assigned to it in clause (k) of subsection (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000

(b) Amendment of Section 40  
 

in clause (2), after the figure "117", the figures "118,119 and 120" shall be inserted.

(c) Amendment of section 118
 

in section 118, for the words "voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design", the words "voluntarily conceals by any act or omission or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool, the existence of a design" shall be substituted.

(d) Amendment of Section 119
 

in section 119, for the words "voluntarily conceals, by any act or illegal omission, the existence of a design", the words "voluntarily conceals by any act or omission or by the use of encryption or any other information hiding tool, the existence of a design" shall be substituted.

(e) : Omitted

(f): Omitted

(g) Amendment of section 464 in section 464, for the words "digital signature" wherever they occur, the words "electronic signature" shall be substituted.

(h) Omitted