IT Act Notifications GSR 582 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY — THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ACT, 2000

IT Act Notifications GSR 582 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY Part II- Section 3, Sub-Section (i) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (Department of Electronics and Information Technology) Notification New Delhi, the 6th September, 2004 G.S.R.582(E).= In exercise of the powers conferred by clauses (b) and (c) of sub-section(2) of section 87 read with sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 6 of the Information Technology Act; 2000 (21 of 2000) , the Central Government hereby makes the following rules, namely = 1. Short title and commencement:- 1 These rules may be called the Information Technology (Use of electronic records and digital signatures) Rules,2004. 2 They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. Definitions:- In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires 1_ "Act" means the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000); 2. "electronic record" means data, record or data generated, image r sound stored, received or sent in an electronic form or micro film or computer generated micro fiche; 3 words and expressions used herein and not defined but defined in the Act shall have the meaning respectively assigned to them in the Act: 3. Filing of form, application or any other document:- Any form, application or any other document referred to in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 6 of the Act may be filed with any office, authority, body or agency owned or controlled by the appropriate Government using the software specified by it and such office, authority, body or agency shall, while generating such software, take into account the following features of the electronic record, namely:- 1 _ life time 2. preservability 3 accessibility 4_ readability 5 compre