Section 67C Preservation and retention of information by intermediaries
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- XI · Offences
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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"(1) Intermediary shall preserve and retain such 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... as may be specified for such duration and in such manner and format as the Central Government may prescribe.
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"(2) Any intermediary who intentionally or knowingly contravenes the provisions of sub-section (1) shall be punished with an imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years and also be liable to fineSubstituted by Jan Vishwas (Amendment of Provisions) Act, 2023, s. 2 and Schedule, dated 11th August, 2023, with effect from 30 November 2023liable to penalty which may extend to twenty-five lakh rupees.