Section 79A Central Government to notify Examiner of Electronic Evidence
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Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 40, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "Chapter XII"The Central Government may, for the purposes of providing expert opinion on 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 evidence before any court or other authority specify, by notification in the Official Gazette, any Department, body or agency of the Central Government or a State Government as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence.
Substituted by Information Technology (Amendment) Act, 2008, s. 40, dated 5th February, 2009, with effect from 27 October 2009. Earlier read: "Chapter XII"Explanation.—For the purposes of this section, "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 evidence" means 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... of probative value that is either stored or transmitted 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 and includes computerDefined in section 2(i): computer means any electronic, magnetic, optical or other high speed data processing device or system which performs logical, arithmetic, and memory functions by manipulations of electronic, magnetic or optical impulses, and includes all input, output, processing, storage, computer software or communication faciliti... evidence, digital audio, digital video, cell phones, digital fax machines.