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Under Section 2(39) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, words and expressions relating to electronic…

Section 2(39) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides that words and expressions used but not defined in the Sanhita, and defined in the Information Technology Act,…

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Under Section 2(39) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, words and expressions relating to electronic records and digital technology (such as those used in the forgery provisions in Sections 335 to 350) that are used but not defined in the Sanhita carry the meanings assigned to them in which of the following Acts?

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Section 2(39) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 provides that words and expressions used but not defined in the Sanhita, and defined in the Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act and Sanhita. Accordingly, terms such as 'electronic record' and 'electronic signature' used in the forgery provisions of Chapter XVIII (Sections 335 to 350) of the BNS draw their definitions from the Information Technology Act, 2000, not from the Trade Marks Act, Copyright Act, or Digital Personal Data Protection Act.

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