Important Provisions of Information Technology Amendment Act 2008

Mapping of the offences against the relevant provisions of Information Technology Amendment Act 2008

Sr. No.	Nature of Complaint	Applicable section and punishment under IT Amendment  Act 2008
1	Hacking of Email	Section 66  3 yrs.  Imprisonment of fine up to Rupees five lakh or both.  Section 66C – 3 yrs.  imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh
2	Skimming of Credit Card/ Debit Card	Section 66C – 3 yrs.  imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh. Section 66 D 3 yrs.  imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh.
3	Creating impersonating websites for cheating e.g. Job frauds	Section 66C – 3 yrs.  imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh. Section 66 D 3 yrs.  imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh.
4	Receiving Stolen data	Section 66 B– 3 yrs.  imprisonment or Rupees one lakh fine  or both.
5	Identity Theft (election card, Aadhaar Card detail etc.)	Section 66 C– 3 yrs.  imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh.
6	A Phishing E-mail is sent in the name of bank asking card number, expiry date, CVV number	Section 66 D 3 yrs.  imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh.
7	Capturing, publishing of transmitting the image of the private area without any person’s consent or knowledge	Section 66 E 3 yrs.  imprisonment  or fine not exceeding Rupees two lakh or both.
7	Sending phishing mail to compromise government network with virus, APT’s worms etc.	Section 66 3 yrs.  imprisonment or fine up to Rupees five lakh or both. Section 66 F Life imprisonment.
8	Publishing of transmitting obscene material in electronic form.	Section 66 3 yrs.  Imprisonment and 5 lakh fine.
9	Publishing or transmitting of material containing sexually explicit act etc., in electronic form	Section 67 A 5 yrs.  Imprisonment and up to 10 lakh fine.
10	Publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act etc., in electronic from	Section 67 B- 5 yrs. imprisonment and up to 10 lakh fine.
11	Stealing data from armed forces, state/Central government computers that  have data or information related to national security	Section 66- 3 yrs. imprisonment or fine up to Rupees five lakh or both.  Section 66 F - Life imprisonment.
12	Not allowing the authorities to decrypt all communication that passes through your computer or network	Section 69-  Imprisonment up to 7 years and fine.
13	Email Spoofing of a person and cheating	Section 66 C– 3 yrs. imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh.
14	Posting defamatory messages on social media	Not provision in  IT Act, But mentioned  in Bhartiya Nyaya Sahinta 2023- Section 356(2)
15	Source code theft or modification of source code or data or information without authorization	Section 66 C– 3 yrs. imprisonment of fine up to Rupees one lakh.