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IT Act 2000

Section 9

In force Act 21 of 2000 As on 17 Oct 2026

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Act 21 of 2000

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Read from the scanned gazette. India Code publishes no text for this Act, so this text was read from the Government's own scan by machine and split into sections by its numbering. It has not been checked against the page word by word. Where it matters, read the scan. Read the scan.

Section 9 of IT Act 2000. Sections 6,7 and 8 not to confer right to insist document should be accepted in electronic form.

Sections 6,7 and 8 not to confer right to insist document should be accepted in electronic form. Nothing contained in sections 6, 7 and 8 shall confer a right upon any person to insist that any Ministry or Department of the Central Government or the State Government or any authority or body established by or under any law or controlled or funded by the Central or State Government should accept, issue, create, retain and preserve any document in the form of electronic records or effect any monetary transaction in the electronic form.

Section 9, IT Act 2000 (Act 21 of 2000).

Cross-references

Extracted from the operative text of the enactments themselves. Every destination below exists in our corpus.

This section refers to

  1. s. 6
  2. s. 7
  3. s. 8

Questions about Section 9

How do I find court cases under Section 9 of the IT Act 2000?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: IT Act 2000 9, section 9 IT Act 2000, section 9 of the IT Act 2000. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 9 of the IT Act 2000, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 6, section 7, section 8, so none of them can safely be read on its own.

When was the IT Act 2000 enacted?

IT Act 2000 was enacted in 2000 as Act 21 of 2000. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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