What the Section 66 (A) of IT Act says: 1 Punishment for sending offensive messages via electronic mail message 2 Any electronic mail message that is grossly offensive or is menacing 3 Any false info causing annoyance, insult, danger 4 Causing inconvenience 5 Deceiving or misleading recipient 6 If guilty, faces up to 3 years in jail and a penalty. New guidelines: (Govt modifies Sec 66(A) of IT Act after recent Facebook controversies) No less than a police officer of a rank of DCP will be allowed to permit registration of a case under provisions of the Information Technlogy Act that deals with spreading hatred through electronic messages, following uproar over recent arrests under the controversial law. In the case of metropolitan cities, such an approval would have to come at the level of Inspector General of Police. "... the concerned police officer or police station may not register any complaints (under Section 66 (A)) unless he has obtained prior approval at the level of an officer not below the DCP rank in urban and rural areas and IG level in metros," a top source said.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Jul 2013 17:00:19 +0000