Act Number: 21

Act Name: The Information Technology Act, 2000

Year: 2000

Enactment Date: 2000-06-09

Long Title: 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

Ministry: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

Department:

Section 65: Tampering with computer source documents.
    Whoever knowingly or intentionally conceals, destroys or alters or intentionally or knowingly causes another to conceal, destroy, or alter any computer source code used for a computer, computer programme, computer system or computer network, when the computer source code is required to be kept or maintained by law for the time being in force, shall be punishable with imprisonment up to three years, or with fine which may extend up to two lakh rupees, or with both.
     Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, 'computer source code" means the listing of programmes, computer commands, design and layout and programme analysis of computer resource in any form
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