Section 67B Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic form
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Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"Punishment for publishing or transmitting of material depicting children in sexually explicit act, etc., in electronic formDefined in section 2(r): electronic form with reference to information, means any information generated, sent, received or stored in media, magnetic, optical, computer memory, micro film, computer generated micro fiche or similar device.—
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"Whoever,—
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"(a) publishes or transmits or causes to be published or transmitted material in any electronic formDefined in section 2(r): electronic form with reference to information, means any information generated, sent, received or stored in media, magnetic, optical, computer memory, micro film, computer generated micro fiche or similar device which depicts children engaged in sexually explicit act or conduct; or
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"(b) creates text or digital images, collects, seeks, browses, downloads, advertises, promotes, exchanges or distributes material in any electronic formDefined in section 2(r): electronic form with reference to information, means any information generated, sent, received or stored in media, magnetic, optical, computer memory, micro film, computer generated micro fiche or similar device depicting children in obscene or indecent or sexually explicit manner; or
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"(c) cultivates, entices or induces children to online relationship with one or more children for and on sexually explicit act or in a manner that may offend a reasonable adult on the computer resourceDefined in section 2(k): computer resource means computer, computer system, computer network, data, computer data base or software; or
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"(d) facilitates abusing children online; or
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"(e) records in any electronic formDefined in section 2(r): electronic form with reference to information, means any information generated, sent, received or stored in media, magnetic, optical, computer memory, micro film, computer generated micro fiche or similar device own abuse or that of others pertaining to sexually explicit act with children,
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"shall be punished on first conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to five years and with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees and in the event of second or subsequent conviction with imprisonment of either description for a term which may extend to seven years and also with fine which may extend to ten lakh rupees:
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"Provided that provisions of section 67, section 67A and this section does not extend to any book, pamphlet, paper, writing, drawing, painting representation or figure in electronic formDefined in section 2(r): electronic form with reference to information, means any information generated, sent, received or stored in media, magnetic, optical, computer memory, micro film, computer generated micro fiche or similar device—
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"(i) the publication of which is proved to be justified as being for the public good on the ground that such book, pamphlet, paper, writing, drawing, painting representation or figure is in the interest of science, literature, art or learning or other objects of general concern; or
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"(ii) which is kept or used for bona fide heritage or religious purposes.
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 32, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "sections 66 and 67"Explanation—For the purposes of this section, "children" means a person who has not completed the age of 18 years.