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Under Section 13(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000, subject to any agreement between the parties, the dispatch of an electronic record occurs when:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C.
1. Section 13(1) of the IT Act fixes the moment of "dispatch" of an electronic record.
2. Dispatch occurs when the electronic record enters a computer resource outside the control of the originator.
3. The Lesson 17 paragraph on "Time and Place of Dispatch" reproduces this rule and notes its significance for the law of contracts.
4. The "computer resource" includes computer, computer system, computer network, data, database or software (Section 2(1)(k)).
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 17: Information Technology Act, 2000, pp. 407-419._
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