1. Short Title, Extent,
Commencement and Application.- (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
hereunder committed outside India by any person.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the Central Government
may, by notification, 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.
*[(4) Nothing in this Act shall apply to documents or transactions
specified in the First Schedule by way of addition or deletion
of entries thereto.]
**[(5) Every notification issued under sub-section (4) shall
be laid before each House of Parliament]
* Substituted Vide Information
Technology Amendment Act, 2008
**Inserted by Information Technology Amendment Act, 2008
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