8 Amendment of section 54. 22. In section 54 of the principal Act, in sub-section (2),— (i) for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:— “(a) the entities or group of entities in the Aadhaar ecosystem under clause (aa), the biometric information under clause (g) and the demographic information under clause (k), the process of collecting demographic information and biometric information from the individuals by enrolling agencies under clause (m), and the modes of offline verification of Aadhaar number holder under clause (pa) of section 2;”; 5 (ii) after clause (b), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(ba) the manner of generating an alternative virtual identity under sub-section (4) of section 3; 10 (bb) the manner in which cancellation of an Aadhaar number may be carried out under sub-section (2) of section 3A.”; (iii) after clause (c), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(ca) standards of privacy and security to be complied with by the requesting entities under sub-section (4) of section 4; 15 (cb) the classification of requesting entities under sub-section (5) of section 4;”; (iv) after clause (f), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely:— “(fa) the alternate and viable means of identification of individual under the proviso to clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 8; (fb) the manner of obtaining consent under clause (a) of sub-section (2), the manner of providing information to the individual undergoing offline verification under sub-section (3), and the obligations of offline verification-seeking entities under clause (c) of sub-section (4), of section 8A;”. Omission of section 57. 20 25 23. Section 57 of the principal Act shall be omitted. PART III AMENDMENT TO THE INDIAN TELEGRAPH ACT, 1885 (13 OF 1885) Amendment of section 4 of Act 13 of 1885. 24. In section 4 of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885, after sub-section (2), the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely:— 30 ‘(3) Any person who is granted a license under the first proviso to sub-section (1) to establish, maintain or work a telegraph within any part of India, shall identify any person to whom it provides its services by— (a) authentication under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016; or 35 18 of 2016. (b) offline verification under the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016; or 18 of 2016. (c) use of passport issued under section 4 of the Passports Act, 1967; or (d) use of any other officially valid document or modes of identification as may be notified by the Central Government in this behalf. (4) If any person who is granted a license under the first proviso to sub-section (1) to establish, maintain or work a telegraph within any part of India is using authentication under clause (a) of sub-section (3) to identify any person to whom it provides its services, it shall make the other modes of identification under clauses (b) to (d) of sub-section (3) also available to such person. 15 of 1967. 40 45