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Section 19: After section 40 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely

The Information Technology(Amendment) Act, 2008Union territory Act of Chandigarh · Act 10 of 2009

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Amcadmcllf or 20. In OIapter IX of the principal Act, in the heading, fOf the words "Paw.T1E5 AND ltetdin. of ADJUDICATION It, the words "PENAl.IIES, COMPESSAnON AA'D ADnroJeAnON" shall be substituted.

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(0) in the marginal heading, for the word "Penalty", the words "Penalty and Compensation" shall be substituted;

(6) in clause (a), after the words "computer network", the words "or computer resource" shall be inserted;

(c) after clause (h), the following clauses shall be insened, namely:- ''(I) dc:stroys, deletes or alters any information residing in a computer resource or diminishes its value or utility or affects it irYwiouslyby IVl)' means;

(J1 steal, conceals, destroys or alte:n or causes any person to $leal, conceal, destroy or aile:! any computer source codeu~ for acompUler resource with an intention to cause damage;";

(d) for the ponion hegining with the words "he shall be liable to pay damages" and ending with the \\'Ords "persons so affected" the following shall be substituted, namely:- "he: shall be liable to pay damages by way ofcompensation to the person so affected"';

(e) in the ExplanatIOn, after clause (tv), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- '(v) "computer scutte code" means the listing of programmes, computer commands, design and layoul and programme analysis ofcomputer resource in any form....

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ActThe Information Technology(Amendment) Act, 2008
Section19
Marginal noteAfter section 40 of the principal Act, the following section shall be inserted, namely
JurisdictionUnion territory of Chandigarh
StatusIn force as published by the source

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