The Information Technology Act, 2000
CHAPTER IX: PENALTIES, COMPENSATION AND ADJUDICATION
Section 43: Penalty And Compensation For Damage To Computer, Computer System, Etc
Bare Act
43. Penalty and compensation for damage to computer, computer system, etc - If any person without permission of the owner or any other person who is in charge of a computer, computer system or computer network,
- (a) accesses or secures access to such computer, computer system or computer network or computer resource;
- (b) downloads, copies or extracts any data, computer database or information from such computer, computer system or computer network including information or data hel… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.
Simplified Act
Simplified Explanation of Section 43 of The Information Technology Act, 2000
If someone uses a computer or computer network without permission and:
- (a) Gets into the system or takes information from it;
- (b) Copi… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.
Explanation using examples
Let's consider a hypothetical scenario to understand the application of Section 43 of The Information Technology Act, 2000.
John is an employe… Read the complete text with KanoonGPT Pro.

