Information Technology Act Section 90 — Power of State Government to make rules

CHAPTER XIII MISCELLANEOUS

Cyber Law

Summary

Sub-section (1) allows the State Government to create rules, through an official notification in the Official Gazette, to carry out the purposes of this Act.

Sub-section (2) states that these rules may specifically cover all or any of the following matters: clause (a) deals with the electronic form in which filing, issuing, granting, receiving, or making payments must be done under sub-section (1) of section 6; clause (b) covers matters specified in sub-section (2) of section 6.

Sub-section (3) requires that every rule made by the State Government under this section must be placed before each House of the State Legislature if the legislature has two Houses, or before the single House if the legislature has only one House, as soon as possible after the rule is made.

Official Text

(1) The State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules to carry out the provisions of this Act.

(2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:–

(a) the electronic form in which filing, issue, grant, receipt or payment shall be effected under sub-section (1) of section 6;

(b) for matters specified in sub-section (2) of section 6; 2* * * * *

(3) Every rule made by the State Government under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of the State Legislature where it consists of two Houses, or where such Legislature consists of one House, before that House.