13.1.1(SCOPE OF THE ACT)

Objectives of the Act. The objectives of the Act as reflected in the preamble to the Act are:

            (i) to provide legal recognition for data interchange and other means of to as "electronic commerce", which involves the use of alternative to paper-based methods of communication and storage

            (ii) to facilitate electronic filing of documents with the government agencies;

            (iii) to facilitate electronic storage of data in place of paper-based methods of storage of data.

            (iv) to amend the Indian Penal code, the Indian Evidence Act,1872, the Banker Book Evidence Act, 1891, and the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934, and,

            (v) to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

The General Assembly of the United Nations passed a resolution adopting the Model Law on Electronic Commerce adopted by the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. The said resolution on recommended inter alia that the States gives favourable consideration to the said Model Law when they enact or revise their laws, in view of the need for uniformly of the law applicable to alternatives to paper-based methods of communication and storage of information. The Information Technology Act 2000 has been passed to give effect to the said resolution and to promote efficient delivery of Government services by means of reliable electronic records.