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CHAPTER XIIA EXAMINER OF ELECTRONIC EVIDENCE

Section 79A: Central Government to notify Examiner of Electronic Evidence

The Information Technology Act, 2000

The Central Government may, for the purposes of providing expert opinion on electronic form evidence before any court or other authority specify, by notification in the Official Gazette, any Department, body or agency of the Central Government or a State Government as an Examiner of Electronic Evidence.

Explanation.–For the purposes of this section, “electronic form evidence” means any information of probative value that is either stored or transmitted in electronic form and includes computer evidence, digital audio, digital video, cell phones, digital fax machines.]

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  1. 1. Section 39(2) of the BSA makes relevant the opinion of the Examiner of Electronic Evidence when the Court has to form an opinion on any matter relating to information transmitted or stored in a computer resource or in any other electronic or digital form. The Examiner of Electronic Evidence is the one referred to in:

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