Section 29 Access to computers and data
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(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 69, the ControllerDefined in section 2(m): Controller means the Controller of Certifying Authorities appointed under sub section (1) of section 17; 5* * * * * 3[(na) cyber cafe means any facility from where access to the internet is offered by any person in the ordinary course of business to the members of the public; (nb) cyber security means protecting inf... or any person authorised by him shall, if he has reasonable cause to suspect that any contravention of the provisions of this Act, rules and regulations made thereunderSubstituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 14, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "any contravention of the provisions of this Act, rules and regulations made thereunder"any contravention of the provisions of this Chapter has been committed, have accessDefined in section 2(a): access with its grammatical variations and cognate expressions means gaining entry into, instructing or communicating with the logical, arithmetical, or memory function resources of a computer, computer system or computer network to any computer systemDefined in section 2(l): computer system means a device or collection of devices, including input and output support devices and excluding calculators which are not programmable and capable of being used in conjunction with external files, which contain computer programmes, electronic instructions, input data and output data, that performs ..., any apparatus, dataDefined in section 2(o): data means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions which are being prepared or have been prepared in a formalised manner, and is intended to be processed, is being processed or has been processed in a computer system or computer network, and may be in any form (including computer ... or any other material connected with such system, for the purpose of searching or causing a search to be made for obtaining any informationDefined in section 2(v): information includes 6[data, message, text,] images, sound, voice, codes, computer programmes, software and data bases or micro film or computer generated micro fiche; 7[(w) intermediary, with respect to any particular electronic records, means any person who on behalf of another person receives, stores or transmits... or dataDefined in section 2(o): data means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions which are being prepared or have been prepared in a formalised manner, and is intended to be processed, is being processed or has been processed in a computer system or computer network, and may be in any form (including computer ... contained in or available to such computer systemDefined in section 2(l): computer system means a device or collection of devices, including input and output support devices and excluding calculators which are not programmable and capable of being used in conjunction with external files, which contain computer programmes, electronic instructions, input data and output data, that performs ....
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the ControllerDefined in section 2(m): Controller means the Controller of Certifying Authorities appointed under sub section (1) of section 17; 5* * * * * 3[(na) cyber cafe means any facility from where access to the internet is offered by any person in the ordinary course of business to the members of the public; (nb) cyber security means protecting inf... or any person authorised by him may, by order, direct any person in charge of, or otherwise concerned with the operation of, the computer systemDefined in section 2(l): computer system means a device or collection of devices, including input and output support devices and excluding calculators which are not programmable and capable of being used in conjunction with external files, which contain computer programmes, electronic instructions, input data and output data, that performs ..., dataDefined in section 2(o): data means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions which are being prepared or have been prepared in a formalised manner, and is intended to be processed, is being processed or has been processed in a computer system or computer network, and may be in any form (including computer ... apparatus or material, to provide him with such reasonable technical and other assistance as he may consider necessary.