Section 11 of ITA, 2000 : Section 11: Attribution Of Electronic Records
The Information Technology Act, 2000
Bare Act
- CHAPTER IV: ATTRIBUTION, ACKNOWLEDGEMENT AND DESPATCH OF ELECTRONIC RECORDS
An electronic record shall be attributed to the originator -
- if it was sent by the originator himself;
- by a person who had the authority to act on behalf of the originator in respect of that electronic record;
- by an information system programmed by or on behalf of the originator to operate automatically.
Simplified Act
An electronic document is considered to have been created by the original sender if:
- The sender sent it personally.
- Someone with permission to act for the sender sent it.
- A computer system, set up by the sender or someone authorized by the sender, sent it automatically.
Explanation using Example
Let's consider a scenario where Mr. John, a manager at XYZ Corporation, sends an email to his team about an upcoming project. According to Section 11 of The Information Technology Act, 2000:
- The email will be attributed to Mr. John if he personally sent it from his email account.
- If Mr. John's assistant, who has the authority to send emails on his...