Section | Offence | Punishment | Bailability and Cognizability |
65 | Tampering with Computer Source Code | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to Rs 2 lakhs | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by the Court of JMFC. |
66 | Computer Related Offences | Imprisonment up to 3 years or fine up to Rs 5 lakhs | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and |
66-A | Sending offensive messages through communication service, etc... | Imprisonment up to 3 years and fine | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
66-B | Dishonestly receiving stolen computer resource or communication device | Imprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
66-C | Identity Theft | Imprisonment of either description up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
66-D | Cheating by Personation by using computer resource | Imprisonment of either description up to 3 years and /or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
66-E | Violation of Privacy | Imprisonment up to 3 years and /or fine up to Rs. 2 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
66-F | Cyber Terrorism | Imprisonment extend to imprisonment for Life | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of Sessions |
67 | Publishing or transmitting obscene material in electronic form | On first Conviction, imprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 5 lakh On Subsequent Conviction imprisonment up to 5 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
67-A | Publishing or transmitting of material containing the sexually explicit act, etc... in electronic form | On first Conviction imprisonment up to 5 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh On Subsequent Conviction imprisonment up to 7 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
67-B | Publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act etc., in electronic form | On first Conviction imprisonment of either description up to 5 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh On Subsequent Conviction imprisonment of either description up to 7 years and/or fine up to Rs. 10 lakh | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable and triable by Court of JMFC |
67-C | Intermediary intentionally or knowingly contravening the directions about Preservation and retention of information | Imprisonment up to 3 years and fine | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable. |
68 | Failure to comply with the directions given by Controller | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
69 | Failure to assist the agency referred to in subsection (3) in regard to interception or monitoring or decryption of any information through any computer resource | Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable. |
69-A | Failure of the intermediary to comply with the direction issued for blocking for public access of any information through any computer resource | Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable. |
69-B | Intermediary who intentionally or knowingly contravenes the provisions of sub-section (2) in regard to monitor and collect traffic data or information through any computer resource for cybersecurity | Imprisonment up to 3 years and fine | Offence is Bailable, Cognizable. |
70 | Any person who secures access or attempts to secure access to the protected system in contravention of a provision of Sec. 70 | Imprisonment of either description up to 10 years and fine | Offence is Non-Bailable, Cognizable. |
70-B | Indian Computer Emergency Response Team to serve as a national agency for incident response. Any service provider, intermediaries, data centers, etc., who fails to prove the information called for or comply with the direction issued by the ICERT. | Imprisonment up to 1 year and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable |
71 | Misrepresentation to the Controller to the Certifying Authority | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/ or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh. | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
72 | Breach of Confidentiality and privacy | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh. | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
72-A | Disclosure of information in breach of lawful contract | Imprisonment up to 3 years and/or fine up to Rs. 5 lakh. | Offence is Cognizable, Bailable |
73 | Publishing electronic Signature Certificate false in certain particulars | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |
74 | Publication for a fraudulent purpose | Imprisonment up to 2 years and/or fine up to Rs. 1 lakh | Offence is Bailable, Non-Cognizable. |