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IT Act Section 64
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The Information Technology Act, 2000

Section 64 Recovery of penalty or compensation

Chapter
X · Appellate Tribunal
Amendments
3
64. Recovery of penaltyThe marginal heading substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 31, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "penalty"penalty or compensation.—
A penalty imposedSubstituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 31, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "penalty imposed"penalty imposed or compensation awarded under this Act, if it is not paid, shall be recovered as an arrear of land revenue and the licenceDefined in section 2(z): licence means a licence granted to a Certifying Authority under section 24; (za) originator means a person who sends, generates, stores or transmits any electronic message or causes any electronic message to be sent, generated, stored or transmitted to any other person but does not include an intermediary; (zb) pres... or the digital signatureSubstituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 2, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "digital signature"electronic signature Certificate, as the case may be, shall be suspended till the penalty is paid.

Amendments to this section

  1. 1 The marginal heading substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 31, for "penalty" (w.e.f. 27 October 2009).
  2. 2 Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 31, for "penalty imposed" (w.e.f. 27 October 2009).
  3. 3 Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 2, for "digital signature" (w.e.f. 27 October 2009).

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