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The Information Technology Act, 2000

Power of State Government to make rules

In force From 17 Oct 2000 Act 21 of 2000 As on 17 Oct 2026

Act 21 of 2000 Ministry Electronics and Information Technology Enacted 09 Jun 2000 In force 17 Oct 2000 Instruments 4

Section 90 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 deals with power of State Government to make rules. The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act. The Act came into force on 17 Oct 2000.

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:--

(a) the electronic form in which filing, issue, grant, receipt or payment shall be effected under sub-section (1) of section 6;

(b) for matters specified in sub-section (2) of section 6;

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(3) Every rule made by the State Government under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature where it consists of two Houses, or where such Legislature consists of one House, before that House.

Section 90, The Information Technology 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 Use of electronic records and electronic signatures in Government and its agencies

Made under this section, and citing it

4 instruments state that it was made under this provision — the power to make it comes from here, so a change to any of them changes what this section requires in practice. Newest first.

All subordinate legislation

Questions about Section 90

What does Section 90 of the Information Technology Act deal with?

Section 90 of the Information Technology Act is headed "Power of State Government to make rules". The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

How do I find court cases under Section 90 of the Information Technology Act?

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 90, section 90 IT Act, section 90 of the Information Technology Act. People searching for it also type income tax act 90 and income tax act 90 6. 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 90 of the Information Technology Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 6 (Use of electronic records and electronic signatures in Government and its agencies), so none of them can safely be read on its own. The rules and notifications made under it are where it actually bites, and there are 4: most recently Information Technology Department — e-Governance — Electronic Delivery of Services in the State — Tamil Nadu Information Technology (Electronic Service Delivery) Rules, 2016 - Notified - Orders - Issued (2016), then Tamil Nadu Information Technology (ESD) Rules, 2016 (2016), and 2 more.

When did Section 90 of the Information Technology Act come into force?

Section 90 of the Information Technology Act, cited as IT Act 90, came into force on 17 Oct 2000, having been enacted on 09 Jun 2000. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

Other sections of this Act

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