Home › CS Executive › jurisprudence › Information Technology Act 2000 › The Information Technology Act, 2000 is based on…
The Information Technology Act, 2000 is based on which international model law?
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B.
1. The Lesson 17 Introduction expressly cites UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/51/162 dated 30 January 1997.
2. The resolution adopted the Model Law on Electronic Commerce framed by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
3. India's IT Act 2000 was passed in line with this Model Law.
4. The other instruments listed do not exist or are not the source of the IT Act's scheme.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 17: Information Technology Act, 2000, pp. 407-419._
Related questions
Section 43 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 makes a person liable to PAY COMPENSATIUnder Section 2(1)(ta) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, "electronic signature" meaUnder the Information Technology Act, 2000, an "asymmetric crypto system" consists of:Under Section 2(1)(w) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, "intermediary" includes whiUnder Section 2(1)(za) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, "originator" means a persoUnder Section 8 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, where subordinate legislation is Any person aggrieved by any decision or order of the Appellate Tribunal under the InformatUnder Section 57 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, an appeal against an order of th