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State, friendly relations with foreign States or public order or for
preventing incitement to the commission of any cognizable
offence relating to above or for investigation of any offence, it
may, subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), for reasons to be
recorded in writing, by order, direct any agency of the appropriate
Government to intercept, monitor or decrypt or cause to be
intercepted or monitored or decrypted any information transmitted
received or stored through any computer resource.
(2) The Procedure and safeguards subject to which such interception
or monitoring or decryption may be carried out, shall be such as
may be prescribed.
(3) The subscriber or intermediary or any person in charge of the
computer resource shall, when called upon by any agency which
has been directed under sub section (1), extend all facilities and
technical assistance to -
(a) provide access to or secure access to the computer resource
containing
such
information;
generating,
transmitting,
receiving or storing such information; or
(b) intercept or monitor or decrypt the information, as the case
may be; or
(c) provide information stored in computer resource.
(4) The subscriber or intermediary or any person who fails to assist
the agency referred to in sub-section (3) shall be punished with an
imprisonment for a term which may extend to seven years and
shall also be liable to fine.
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