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AIBE 22: Cyber Law

This subject carries 2 marks of the 100-mark paper — one of the lighter subjects, but still free marks if you tab it properly. Section 45 has 18 questions on it, four times the official count.

Marks in the paper2
Questions here18
Bare act to carryIT Act 2000

What to carry, and where to tab

Bring the IT Act 2000, unmarked. Blank index tabs only — anything written on a tab can get the book confiscated. These are the parts this subject actually draws from:

Provisions that recur

Sample questions

Three of the 18, with full explanations. The first ten are free in the app.

Legal recognition of electronic records is conferred by:

  1. Section 3 of the Information Technology Act
  2. Section 43 of the Information Technology Act
  3. Section 66 of the Information Technology Act
  4. Section 4 of the Information Technology Act
Answer & explanation
§ 4 IT Act 2000

Section 4 of the Information Technology Act

Section 5 gives similar recognition to electronic signatures. The Act is based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on Electronic Commerce.

Where to find it: IT Act 2000, Chapter II

Section 66 of the Information Technology Act deals with:

  1. Issue and regulation of electronic signature certificates
  2. Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form
  3. Breach of confidentiality and privacy by a person holding records
  4. Computer-related offences committed dishonestly or fraudulently
Answer & explanation
§ 66 IT Act 2000

Computer-related offences committed dishonestly or fraudulently

Section 66 makes the acts referred to in Section 43, such as unauthorised access, downloading or damage, punishable when done dishonestly or fraudulently, with imprisonment up to three years or fine up to five lakh rupees.

Where to find it: IT Act 2000, Chapter XI

Section 66A of the Information Technology Act was:

  1. Read down and retained in amended form by the 2015 amendment
  2. Enacted but never brought into force by notification
  3. Upheld in full in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015)
  4. Struck down as unconstitutional in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015)
Answer & explanation
§ 66A IT Act (struck down)

Struck down as unconstitutional in Shreya Singhal v. Union of India (2015)

The Supreme Court held the provision void for vagueness and overbreadth, violating Article 19(1)(a), as its terms were not covered by the reasonable restrictions in Article 19(2).

Where to find it: IT Act 2000, Chapter XI

Practise

Ten questions in Cyber Law free, no card. Each answer cited to both codes with a line telling you where to look in the bare act.

Practise Cyber Law