The Indian Penal Code of 1860 and the Indian Evidence Act of 1872 was
amended by the IT Act of 2000 to keep in tune with the technological changes
that were rising rapidly.
Indian Penal Code, 1860
Amendments related to IPC were contained in Sec.91 and the First
Schedule of the IT Act, 2000. Pursuant to the enactment of the
Information Technology (amendment) Act, 2008, Sec.91 was deleted and
the provisions with regard to Indian Penal Code were mentioned in Part
III of the amendment Act.
The amendments made to the Indian Penal Code are as follows –
1) Amendment to Sec.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.
2) Amendment of Sec.40 –
In clause (2), after the figure "117", the figures "118,119 and 120" shall be inserted.
3) Amendment of Sec.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.
4) Amendment of Sec.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.
5) Amendment of Sec.464 –
In section 464, for the words "digital signature" wherever they
occur, the words "electronic signature" shall be substituted.
