Section 1
Short title, extent, commencement and application.
The Information Technology Act, 2000
About this Act
An Act to provide legal recognition for transactions carried out by means of electronic data interchange and other means of electronic communication, commonly referred to as
(1) This Act may be
called the
Information Technology Act, 2000.
(2) It shall extend to the whole of India and, save as otherwise provided in this Act, it applies also to any offence or contravention thereunder committed outside India by any person.
(3) It shall come into fo rce on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notificati on, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision.
2 [(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to documents or transactions specified in the First Schedule:
Provided that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the First Schedule by way of a ddition or deletion of entries thereto.
(5) Every notification issued under sub-section (4) shall be laid before each House of Parliament.]
(2) It shall extend to the whole of India and, save as otherwise provided in this Act, it applies also to any offence or contravention thereunder committed outside India by any person.
(3) It shall come into fo rce on such date 1 as the Central Government may, by notificati on, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the commencement of that provision.
2 [(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to documents or transactions specified in the First Schedule:
Provided that the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, amend the First Schedule by way of a ddition or deletion of entries thereto.
(5) Every notification issued under sub-section (4) shall be laid before each House of Parliament.]
Notes
1 17
th
October, 2000,
vide
notification No. G.S.R. 788 (E), dated 17
th
October, 2000,
see
Gazette of India, Extraordinary,
Part II, sec. 3(
ii
).
2 Subs. by Act 10 of 2009, s. 3, for sub - section ( 4 ) (w.e.f. 27 - 10 - 2009).
2 Subs. by Act 10 of 2009, s. 3, for sub - section ( 4 ) (w.e.f. 27 - 10 - 2009).