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Under Section 8 of the Information Technology Act, 2000, where subordinate legislation is published in BOTH the printed Official Gazette and the electronic Gazette, the date of publication is deemed to be:
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D.
1. Section 8 of the IT Act authorises publication of subordinate legislation in either the Official Gazette or the electronic Gazette.
2. The Lesson 17 paragraph on Subordinate Legislation provides that "the date of its first publication in either of the two Gazette shall be deemed to be the date of publication".
3. The illustration in the lesson confirms: legislation published in e-Gazette on 31-12-2019 and in printed Gazette on 02-01-2020 is deemed published on 31-12-2019.
4. Neither medium is given primacy; the EARLIER publication date governs.
_Source: ICSI CS Executive Paper 1 (Jurisprudence, Interpretation & General Laws) — Lesson 17: Information Technology Act, 2000, pp. 407-419._
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