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Section under the IT Act Offence Penalty
65 Tampering with computer source documents Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up to ₹200,000
66 Hacking with computer system Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up to ₹500,000
66B Receiving stolen computer or communication device Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up to ₹100,000
66C Using password of another person Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up to ₹100,000
66D Cheating using computer resource Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up to ₹100,000
66E Publishing private images of others Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up to ₹200,000
66F Acts of cyberterrorism Imprisonment up to life.
67 Publishing information which is obscene in electronic form. Imprisonment up to five years, or/and with fine up to ₹1,000,000
67A Publishing images containing sexual acts Imprisonment up to seven years, or/and with fine up to ₹1,000,000
67B Publishing child porn or predating children online Imprisonment up to five years, or/and with fine up to ₹1,000,000 on first conviction. Imprisonment up to seven years, or/and with fine up to ₹1,000,000 on second conviction.
67C Failure to maintain records Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine.
68 Failure/refusal to comply with orders Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up to ₹200,000
69 Failure/refusal to decrypt data Imprisonment up to seven years and possible fine.
70 Securing access or attempting to secure access to a protected system Imprisonment up to ten years, or/and with fine.
71 Misrepresentation Imprisonment up to three years, or/and with fine up to ₹100,000